Development of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin film solar cells by physical techniques: A status review

AC Lokhande, RBV Chalapathy, M He, E Jo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Developments in thin film solar cell technology have attracted major attention in the recent
years due to its capacity to reliably satisfy the required energy needs. Various solar absorber …

Review on Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films and their photovoltaic performance

VRM Reddy, MR Pallavolu, PR Guddeti, S Gedi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid progress on the Cu–Sn–S (Cu 2 SnS 3, Cu 3 SnS 4, and Cu 4 SnS 4) solar cells
has opened a new avenue to generate the electrical energy at ultra-low-cost. Therefore, the …

A one-step electrodeposition method was used to produce monoclinic Cu2SnS3 thin films for the development of solar cells

A Boudouma, O Ait Layachi, H Hrir… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The monoclinic compound semiconductor Cu2SnS3 (CTS) is a promising material for
absorbing solar energy, with a direct bandgap of 0.9 to 1.7 eV, making it an ideal choice for …

Chemical synthesis of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) nanoparticles: A status review

AC Lokhande, KV Gurav, E Jo, CD Lokhande… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar industry has received great attention due to its potential capability for satisfying the
increasing energy needs. Efforts are being made to develop high power conversion efficient …

Physical routes for the synthesis of kesterite

T Ratz, G Brammertz, R Caballero, M León… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper provides an overview of the physical vapor technologies used to synthesize Cu 2
ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin films as absorber layers for photovoltaic applications. Through the years …

Observation of negative photoresponse in joule-heated Au/Cu2SnS3 ternary chalcogenide thin film deposited by low energy pulsed laser deposition

MA Basyooni, W Belaid, A Houimi, SE Zaki, YR Eker… - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Gold (Au) nanoparticles trapped within Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films were effectively
deposited on a low-cost glass substrate using a simple pulsed laser deposition of 15 mJ for …

Recent developments and prospects of copper tin sulphide (Cu2SnS3) thin films for photovoltaic applications

J Raval, B Shah, D Kumar, SH Chaki… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ternary copper tin sulphide, Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) is prominent material of semiconductor
industry due to p-type semiconducting, sufficient band gap, high mobility, high carrier …

Fabrication of sputtered deposited Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin film solar cell with power conversion efficiency of 2.39%

M He, AC Lokhande, IY Kim, UV Ghorpade… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin film solar cell with power conversion efficiency (PCE) of
2.39% is fabricated using sputtered metallic Cu/Sn stacked precursors subjected to …

Influence of deposition temperature on the structural, morphological, optical and photoelectrochemical properties of CBD deposited Cu2SnS3 thin films

HD Shelke, AC Lokhande, JH Kim… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films are deposited onto conducting stainless steel (SS)
substrates using a low-cost chemical bath deposition method. The influence of deposition …

Enhancement Mechanism of Quantum Yield in Alloyed-Core/Shell Structure of ZnS–CuInS2/ZnS Quantum Dots

HS Shim, M Ko, S Jeong, SY Shin… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
CuInS2 (CIS) quantum dots (QDs) would be attractive alternatives to the widely-investigated
QDs containing toxic elements when the quantum yield (QY) of CIS QDs becomes …