Status of materials and device modelling for kesterite solar cells

SN Hood, A Walsh, C Persson… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Kesterite semiconductors, derived from the mineral Cu 2 (Zn, Fe) SnS 4, adopt
superstructures of the zincblende archetype. This family of semiconductors is chemically …

Numerical simulation of CIGS, CISSe and CZTS-based solar cells with In2S3 as buffer layer and Au as back contact using SCAPS 1D

MA Ashraf, I Alam - Engineering Research Express, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A solar cell capacitance simulator named SCAPS 1D was used in the prediction study of Cu
(In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS), CuIn (S, Se) 2 (CISSe) and Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) based solar cells …

A Status Review on Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4‐Based Thin‐Film Solar Cells

S Saha - International Journal of Photoenergy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Photovoltaics has become a significant branch of next‐generation sustainable energy
production. Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (copper‐zinc‐tin‐(sulfur, selenium) or CZTS (Se)) is …

Modeling of optical losses in perovskite solar cells

MJ Taghavi, M Houshmand, MH Zandi… - Superlattices and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The optical losses within the structure of hybrid perovskite solar cells are investigated using
only the optical properties of each layer eg refractive index and extinction coefficient. This …

Fully atomic layer deposited transparent carrier-selective contacts for bifacial Cd-free Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin-film solar cells

R Almache-Hernández, G Masmitjà, B Pusay, E Ros… - Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Thin-film solar cells based on kesterite (Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4) material are a promising alternative
for photovoltaic devices due to their composition consisting of earth abundant elements …

Modeling the strain impact on refractive index and optical transmission rate

A Darvishzadeh, N Alharbi, A Mosavi… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2018 - Elsevier
We propose a new and simple modeling approach for strain impact on the transmission and
reflection rate of semiconductor devices. The model is applied to graphene or carbon …

Degradation and device physics modeling of TiO2/CZTS ultrathin film photovoltaics

M Houshmand, H Esmaili, MH Zandi, NE Gorji - Materials Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
A hybrid solar cell of a nonporous n-type-TiO 2 nanolayer and a p-type semiconductor Cu 2
(Zn, Sn) Se 4 (CZTS) ultrathin film has been numerically simulated using SCAPS-1D …

Optical and electrical modeling of CZTSSe based thin-film solar cells

HA Mohamed, YA Taya, SS Ali, WS Mohamed - Physica Scripta, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This research utilized an optical and electrical model to examine the impact of optical and
recombination losses on the short circuit current density, J sc, and conversion efficiency of …

Optical simulation of solar cell based on ZnO/ZTO core–shell nanowire array embedded in CZTS layer

A Melliti - Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2021 - Springer
We present an optical simulation of a solar cell with superstrate configuration employing
core (Zinc Oxide (ZnO))/shell (Zinc Tin Oxide (ZTO)) vertically-aligned nanowire array …

Highly‐efficient superstrate Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell fabricated low‐cost methods

M Berruet, Y Di Iorio, CJ Pereyra… - physica status solidi …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A recent accomplishment in the preparation of a highly efficient thin film solar cell is
reported. This superstrate cell is composed of FTO/TiO2/In2S3/Cu2ZnSnS4/graphite. A …