Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

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 …

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 …

Crystallization mechanism and defect passivation of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin film solar cells via in situ potassium do**

L Dong, S Tao, M Zhao, D Zhuang, Y Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Alkali metal do** has achieved prominent results in Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin film
solar cells. In this paper, in situ K-doped CZTSSe thin film solar cells were prepared by …

Passivation of grain boundaries and defects in CZTSSe solar cells by in situ Na do**

L Dong, S Tao, M Zhao, D Zhuang, Q Gong, H Zhu… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alkali metal do** plays a great role in improving the efficiency of Cu2SnZn (S, Se) 4
(CZTSSe) thin film solar cells. However, it is unclear how to realize the ideal distribution of …

Physical routes for the synthesis of kesterite

T Ratz, G Brammertz, R Caballero, M León… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper provides an overview of the physical vapor technologies used to synthesize Cu 2
ZnSn (S, Se) 4 thin films as absorber layers for photovoltaic applications. Through the years …

Large area, self-powered, flexible, fast, and broadband photodetector enabled by the SnSe-Sb2Se3 heterostructure

M Kumar, S Rani, R Yadav, Y Singh, M Singh… - Surfaces and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Self-powered and flexible photodetector is the future of the optoelectronic industry. For
the first time, we have employed an isotype heterostructure, SnSe-Sb 2 Se 3, and showed its …

Effect of post annealing thermal heating on Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells processed by sputtering technique

MF Sanchez, TG Sanchez, M Courel, O Reyes-Vallejo… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a detailed study of the effect of thermal treatment (hot plate) on a
Mo/CZTS/CdS/i-ZnO/ITO solar cell was carried out, which promotes the diffusion of the Cd …

Photo-electrochemical properties and electronic band structure of kesterite copper chalcogenide Cu 2–II–Sn–S 4 (II= Fe, Co, Ni) thin films

A Ghosh, A Biswas, R Thangavel, G Udayabhanu - RSC Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Herein, we report a spin coating route for the deposition of multifunctional quaternary copper
chalcogenide Cu2–II–Sn–S4 (II= Fe, Co and Ni) thin films on ITO glass substrates. The …

Characteristics of kesterite CZTS thin films deposited by dip-coating technique for solar cells applications

A Ziti, B Hartiti, H Labrim, S Fadili, A Batan… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - Springer
In this work, we synthesis Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films by sol–gel method associated to
dip-coating technique on the ordinary glass substrates. We investigated the effect of dip …