Electrochemical synthesis of photoelectrodes and catalysts for use in solar water splitting

D Kang, TW Kim, SR Kubota, AC Cardiel… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This review focuses on introducing and explaining electrodepostion mechanisms and
electrodeposition-based synthesis strategies used for the production of catalysts and …

A review on energy economics and the recent research and development in energy and the Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells: A focus towards efficiency

SA Khalate, RS Kate, RJ Deokate - Solar Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
As per the present energy economics and environmental status, use of renewable energy
resources is essential. The development of solar cell technology is from the first generation …

Solution-processed SnO2 interfacial layer for highly efficient Sb2Se3 thin film solar cells

J Tao, X Hu, Y Guo, J Hong, K Li, J Jiang, S Chen… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) thin film solar cells have gained worldwide intense
research owing to their suitable bandgap, high absorption coefficient, benign grain …

7.1% efficient co-electroplated Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 thin film solar cells with sputtered CdS buffer layers

J Tao, J Liu, L Chen, H Cao, X Meng, Y Zhang… - Green …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films with fine control over composition and pure phase were
fabricated by sulfurization of co-electroplated Cu–Zn–Sn–S precursors. We have …

Co-electrodeposited Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 thin-film solar cells with over 7% efficiency fabricated via fine-tuning of the Zn content in absorber layers

J Tao, L Chen, H Cao, C Zhang, J Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and cost-effective co-electrodeposition process has been demonstrated to fabricate
high-performance Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) photovoltaic materials with composition tunability …

Reconstructing the energy band electronic structure of pulsed laser deposited CZTS thin films intended for solar cell absorber applications

R Pandiyan, ZO Elhmaidi, Z Sekkat, M Abd-lefdil… - Applied Surface …, 2017 - Elsevier
We report here on the use of pulsed KrF-laser deposition (PLD) technique for the growth of
high-quality Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films onto Si, and glass substrates without resorting …

Boosting the efficiency of single junction kesterite solar cell using Ag mixed Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 active layer

U Saha, MK Alam - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
We propose a silver (Ag) mixed Cu2ZnSnS4 (ACZTS) based solar cell architecture to
improve the efficiency of single junction Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells. The configuration …

Theoretical modelling and device structure engineering of kesterite solar cells to boost the conversion efficiency over 20%

D Mora-Herrera, M Pal, J Santos-Cruz - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Among the several obstacles which impede efficiency enhancement of CZTS solar cells, the
sub-optimized Mo back contact and the unfavorable conduction band offset at CZTS/CdS …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizations of extrinsically doped CZTS thin films for solar cell absorbers fabricated by sol-gel spin coating method

AKS Gupta, SFU Farhad, MS Habib, MR Hossan… - Applied Surface Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
In copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) based thin films, copper zinc antisite (Cu Zn) represents the
major p-type acceptor defect with low formation energy. This antisite can create defect …

[PDF][PDF] Single-step electrochemical deposition of CZTS thin films with enhanced photoactivity

H Borate, A Bhorde, A Waghmare, S Nair… - ES Materials & …, 2020 - espublisher.com
The CZTS thin films have been deposited on Mo coated corning glass substrate via single-
step electrodeposition technique followed by post-annealing treatment at 550 C for 10 min in …