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 …

On current technology for light absorber materials used in highly efficient industrial solar cells

AKW Chee - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The renewable power industry is currently experiencing a rapid growth led by photovoltaic
systems because of advances in materials science and cost reductions in processing …

A progress review on the modification of CZTS (e)-based thin-film solar cells

HS Nugroho, G Refantero, NLW Septiani… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for energy in recent decades due to rapid industrial and population
growth has resulted in a heavy dependence on non-renewable energy which leads to …

High Efficiency Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells with Shallow LiZn Acceptor Defects Enabled by Solution‐Based Li Post‐Deposition Treatment

M He, X Zhang, J Huang, J Li, C Yan… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium incorporation in kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) materials has been
experimentally proven effective in improving electronic quality for application in photovoltaic …

Recent progress in solar cells based on carbon nanomaterials

MA Deshmukh, SJ Park, BS Hedau, TJ Ha - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The enormous demand for energy and the simultaneous exhaustion of fossil fuels have led
to thorough research on energy-related technologies. In this regard, the high-efficiency of …

Systematic Efficiency Improvement for Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells By Double Cation Incorporation with Cd and Ge

M He, J Huang, J Li, JS Jang… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The performance of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cell is known to be severely
limited by the nonradiative recombination near the heterojunction interface and within the …

Potential role of kesterites in development of earth‐abundant elements‐based next generation technology

KS Gour, V Karade, P Babar, J Park, DM Lee… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)‐based kesterite thin films have received growing
attention in a wide variety of fields due to their suitable physico‐chemical asset nano‐and …

Interface engineering of pn heterojunction for kesterite photovoltaics: A progress review

M He, K Sun, MP Suryawanshi, J Li, X Hao - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is considered one of the most promising
thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technologies due to its bandgap tunability (1.0~ 1.5 eV) and high …

Efficiency enhancement of Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells by addition a CuSe intermediate layer between Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 and Mo electrode

JY Zhang, B Yao, Z Ding, Y Li, T Wang, C Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A CuSe intermediate layer (IL) is prepared between CZTSSe and Mo electrode to decay the
carrier recombination on the rear surface of the CZTSSe absorber. The power conversion …

Significantly Improving the Crystal Growth of a Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Absorber Layer by Air-Annealing a Cu2ZnSnS4 Precursor Thin Film

X Shi, Y Wang, H Yu, G Wang, L Huang… - ACS applied materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The crystal quality of a Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin film is crucially important to a high-
performance CZTSSe solar cell. After selenization, a bilayer CZTSSe thin film consisting of a …