CZTS based thin film solar cells: a status review

MP Suryawanshi, GL Agawane, SM Bhosale… - Materials …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Today's thin film photovoltaic technologies comprising CuInS2 (CIS), CuInGaSe2 (CIGS)
and CdTe rely on elements that are costly and rare in the earth's crust (eg In, Ga, Te) and are …

Understanding the role of inorganic carrier transport layer materials and interfaces in emerging perovskite solar cells

V Manjunath, S Bimli, PA Shaikh, SB Ogale… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last decade, organic–inorganic hybrid and metal halide perovskite materials have
shown tremendous tunability properties and capacity to harvest solar energy efficiently via …

Nontoxic and earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells: A review on high throughput processed methods

S Chander, SK Tripathi, I Kaur, AK De - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics is one of the most well-known sustainable technologies to supply all of the
world's energy needs due to its enduring nature and lack of pollution. CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si …

11.4% efficiency kesterite solar cells on transparent electrode

Y Zhou, C **ang, Q Dai, S **ang, R Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thin film solar cells on semitransparent substrates are attracting much attention due to new
application scenarios including building‐integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). Environmentally …

Kësterite thin films for photovoltaics: a review

S Delbos - EPJ Photovoltaics, 2012 - epjpv.epj.org
In the years to come, electricity production is bound to increase, and Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTS) compounds, due to their suitability to thin-film solar cells, could be a means to fulfill …

Insights into kesterite's back contact interface: A status review

V Karade, A Lokhande, P Babar, MG Gang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, kesterite-based thin film solar cells (TFSCs) gained significant attention in the
photovoltaic (PV) sector for their elemental earth abundancy and low toxicity. The emerging …

A review on development prospect of CZTS based thin film solar cells

X Song, X Ji, M Li, W Lin, X Luo… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cu2ZnSnS4 is considered as the ideal absorption layer material in next generation thin film
solar cells due to the abundant component elements in the crust being nontoxic and …

[HTML][HTML] Electrical and optical properties of CZTS thin films prepared by SILAR method

J Henry, K Mohanraj, G Sivakumar - Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present work, Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film was deposited onto the glass substrate
by simple and economic SILAR method and its structural, morphological, optical and …

A solution approach to p-type Cu2FeSnS4 thin-films and pn-junction solar cells: role of electron selective materials on their performance

S Chatterjee, AJ Pal - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2017 - Elsevier
We present formation of Cu 2 FeSnS 4 (CFTS) thin-films through successive ionic layer
adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. We have considered a range of chalcogenides as …

Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by hydrothermally synthesized CZTS nanoparticles

SA Phaltane, SA Vanalakar, TS Bhat, PS Patil… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - Springer
Due to the toxic effect of Methylene blue (MB) dye, its removal from water and water waste
has gained significant attention in concern with green environment. In present work, a …