Materials interface engineering for solution-processed photovoltaics

M Graetzel, RAJ Janssen, DB Mitzi, EH Sargent - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Advances in solar photovoltaics are urgently needed to increase the performance and
reduce the cost of harvesting solar power. Solution-processed photovoltaics are cost …

Grain Boundaries in Cu(In, Ga)Se2: A Review of Composition–Electronic Property Relationships by Atom Probe Tomography and Correlative Microscopy

O Cojocaru‐Mirédin, M Raghuwanshi… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin‐film solar cells have attracted significant research interest in
recent decades due to their high efficiency in converting solar energy into electricity for …

Thin-film Sb2Se3 photovoltaics with oriented one-dimensional ribbons and benign grain boundaries

Y Zhou, L Wang, S Chen, S Qin, X Liu, J Chen… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Solar cells based on inorganic absorbers, such as Si, GaAs, CdTe and Cu (In, Ga) Se2,
permit a high device efficiency and stability. The crystals' three-dimensional structure means …

Pathways for solar photovoltaics

J Jean, PR Brown, RL Jaffe, T Buonassisi… - Energy & …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar energy is one of the few renewable, low-carbon resources with both the scalability and
the technological maturity to meet ever-growing global demand for electricity. Among solar …

[KIRJA][B] Chalcogenide photovoltaics: physics, technologies, and thin film devices

R Scheer, HW Schock - 2011 - books.google.com
This first comprehensive description of the most important material properties and device
aspects closes the gap between general books on solar cells and journal articles on …

The state and future prospects of kesterite photovoltaics

A Polizzotti, IL Repins, R Noufi, SH Wei… - Energy & Environmental …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
A recent meeting of experts in kesterite, chalcopyrite, and related thin-film solar cell devices;
characterization; and modeling from industry, academia, and national labs identified high …

Low band gap liquid-processed CZTSe solar cell with 10.1% efficiency

S Bag, O Gunawan, T Gokmen, Y Zhu… - Energy & …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
A low band gap liquid-processed Cu2ZnSn (Se1− xSx) 4 (CZTSSe) kesterite solar cell with
x≈ 0.03 is prepared from earth abundant metals, yielding 10.1% power conversion …

Effect of Alkali Metal Atom Do** on the CuInSe2-Based Solar Cell Absorber

M Malitckaya, HP Komsa, V Havu… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The efficiency of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS)-based solar cells can be markedly improved by
controlled introduction of alkali metal (AM) atoms using post-deposition treatment (PDT) after …

Enhancing the Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell efficiency by back contact modification: Inserting a thin TiB2 intermediate layer at Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo interface

F Liu, K Sun, W Li, C Yan, H Cui, L Jiang, X Hao… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, TiB 2 thin films have been employed as intermediate layer between absorber
and back contact in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells for interface optimization. It is …

Structural and elemental characterization of high efficiency Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells

K Wang, B Shin, KB Reuter, T Todorov, DB Mitzi… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
We have carried out detailed microstructural studies of phase separation and grain
boundary composition in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 based solar cells. The absorber layer was fabricated …