A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

Perovskite tandem solar cells: from fundamentals to commercial deployment

H Li, W Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Multi-junction (tandem) solar cells (TSCs) consisting of multiple light absorbers with
considerably different band gaps show great potential in breaking the Shockley–Queisser (S …

Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Cadmium‐Free Kesterite Thin‐Film Solar Cells with High Efficiency Approaching 12%

N Ahmad, Y Zhao, F Ye, J Zhao, S Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cadmium sulfide (CdS) buffer layer is commonly used in Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTSSe) thin film solar cells. However, the toxicity of Cadmium (Cd) and perilous waste …

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 …

Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

Earth-abundant photoelectrodes for water splitting and alternate oxidation reactions: Recent advances and future perspectives

MP Suryawanshi, UV Ghorpade, CY Toe… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water splitting by means of photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells offers the promise to
produce cost-effective renewable and clean fuel from abundant sunlight and water. Lately …

Roadmap on energy harvesting materials

V Pecunia, SRP Silva, JD Phillips… - Journal of Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Ambient energy harvesting has great potential to contribute to sustainable development and
address growing environmental challenges. Converting waste energy from energy-intensive …

Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 60)

MA Green, ED Dunlop, J Hohl‐Ebinger… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed
efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into …

Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …