Cation substitution in earth‐abundant kesterite photovoltaic materials

J Li, D Wang, X Li, Y Zeng, Y Zhang - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising candidate for low‐cost and environmentally friendly thin‐film photovoltaics,
the emerging kesterite‐based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have experienced …

Boosting VOC of antimony chalcogenide solar cells: A review on interfaces and defects

J Dong, Y Liu, Z Wang, Y Zhang - Nano Select, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Antimony chalcogenides, including Sb2S3, Sb2Se3, and Sb2 (S, Se) 3, have been
developed as attractive non‐toxic and earth‐abundant solar absorber candidates among the …

Crystal growth promotion and defects healing enable minimum open‐circuit voltage deficit in antimony selenide solar cells

G Liang, M Chen, M Ishaq, X Li, R Tang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) is an ideal photovoltaic candidate profiting from its
advantageous material characteristics and superior optoelectronic properties, and has …

Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells

J Li, J Huang, F Ma, H Sun, J Cong, K Privat… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding carrier loss mechanisms at microscopic regions is imperative for the
development of high-performance polycrystalline inorganic thin-film solar cells. Despite the …

Regulating crystal growth via organic lithium salt additive for efficient Kesterite solar cells

J Zhou, X Xu, B Duan, H Wu, J Shi, Y Luo, D Li, Q Meng - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Alkali metal do**, typically Li+ do**, is beneficial for CZTSSe solar cells. Herein, aiming
at the low solubility of conventional LiF which is hard to directly introduce into the precursor …

Defect Control for 12.5% Efficiency Cu2ZnSnSe4 Kesterite Thin‐Film Solar Cells by Engineering of Local Chemical Environment

J Li, Y Huang, J Huang, G Liang, Y Zhang… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite‐based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 semiconductors are emerging as promising
materials for low‐cost, environment‐benign, and high‐efficiency thin‐film photovoltaics …

N‐Type Surface Design for p‐Type CZTSSe Thin Film to Attain High Efficiency

Y Sun, P Qiu, W Yu, J Li, H Guo, L Wu, H Luo… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a low‐cost substitute that uses no expensive rare‐earth elements for the high‐efficiency
Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 solar cell, the Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cell has borrowed …

An effective combination reaction involved with sputtered and selenized Sb precursors for efficient Sb2Se3 thin film solar cells

YD Luo, R Tang, S Chen, JG Hu, YK Liu, YF Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sputtering followed by post annealing is extensively used for fabrication of copper indium
gallium selenide (CIGS), copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) and copper zinc tin sulfur selenide …

Flexible Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells with over 10% efficiency and methods of enlarging the cell area

KJ Yang, S Kim, SY Kim, K Ahn, DH Son… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
For kesterite copper zinc tin sulfide/selenide (CZTSSe) solar cells to enter the market, in
addition to efficiency improvements, the technological capability to produce flexible and …

Multinary metal chalcogenides with tetrahedral structures for second-order nonlinear optical, photocatalytic, and photovoltaic applications

MM Chen, HG Xue, SP Guo - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
There are a large number of metal chalcogenides crystallized in the wurtzite or zinc blende-
derived structures, in which all of the anions or cations are fourfold-surrounded by their …