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 …

Point defect engineering in thin-film solar cells

JS Park, S Kim, Z **e, A Walsh - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Control of defect processes in photovoltaic materials is essential for realizing high-efficiency
solar cells and related optoelectronic devices. Native defects and extrinsic dopants tune the …

Unveiling the selenization reaction mechanisms in ambient air‐processed highly efficient kesterite solar cells

Z Yu, C Li, S Chen, Z Zheng, P Fan, Y Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The selenization annealing process is vital for highly efficient kesterite solar cells. Generally,
SnS is added during the selenization process, but excessive S and related defects are …

Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells with over 10% power conversion efficiency enabled by heterojunction heat treatment

C Yan, J Huang, K Sun, S Johnston, Y Zhang, H Sun… - Nature energy, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Sulfide kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 provides an attractive low-cost, environmentally
benign and stable photovoltaic material, yet the record power conversion efficiency for such …

Device Postannealing Enabling over 12% Efficient Solution‐Processed Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells with Cd2+ Substitution

Z Su, G Liang, P Fan, J Luo, Z Zheng, Z **e… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 is a promising photovoltaic material containing low‐cost,
earth‐abundant, and stable semiconductor elements. However, the highest power …

Vapor transport deposition of antimony selenide thin film solar cells with 7.6% efficiency

X Wen, C Chen, S Lu, K Li, R Kondrotas, Y Zhao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Antimony selenide is an emerging promising thin film photovoltaic material thanks to its
binary composition, suitable bandgap, high absorption coefficient, inert grain boundaries …

Band-gap-graded Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 drives highly efficient solar cells

H Guo, R Meng, G Wang, S Wang, L Wu, J Li… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Fabrication of highly efficient solar cells is critical for photovoltaic applications. A bandgap-
graded absorber layer can not only drive efficient carrier collection but also improve the light …

Beyond 11% Efficient Sulfide Kesterite Cu2ZnxCd1–xSnS4 Solar Cell: Effects of Cadmium Alloying

C Yan, K Sun, J Huang, S Johnston, F Liu… - ACS Energy …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin-film solar cells have drawn worldwide attention because
of outstanding performance and earth-abundant constituents. However, problems such as …

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 …

Engineering of interface band bending and defects elimination via a Ag-graded active layer for efficient (Cu, Ag) 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells

YF Qi, DX Kou, WH Zhou, ZJ Zhou, QW Tian… - Energy & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the substitution of Cu by Ag to suppress CuZn defects offers several advantages in
overcoming the large open-circuit voltage (Voc) deficit for Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) …