Emerging chalcogenide thin films for solar energy harvesting devices

S Hadke, M Huang, C Chen, YF Tay, S Chen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chalcogenide semiconductors offer excellent optoelectronic properties for their use in solar
cells, exemplified by the commercialization of Cu (In, Ga) Se2-and CdTe-based photovoltaic …

Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells

J Li, J Huang, F Ma, H Sun, J Cong, K Privat… - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
Understanding carrier loss mechanisms at microscopic regions is imperative for the
development of high-performance polycrystalline inorganic thin-film solar cells. Despite the …

A review on the numerical modeling of CdS/CZTS-based solar cells

A Haddout, A Raidou, M Fahoume - Applied physics A, 2019 - Springer
CZTS thin-film is now one of the most promising materials for the sustainable absorption of
solar cells. Recently, there has been interest in enhancing efficiency and reducing costs of …

Beyond 10% efficiency Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 solar cells enabled by modifying the heterojunction interface chemistry

K Sun, C Yan, J Huang, F Liu, J Li, H Sun… - Journal of materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Wide band gap pure sulphide kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 is a promising environmentally friendly
and low-cost photovoltaic material, which has attracted intense research interest. However …

A Deep Dive into Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Solar Cells: A Review of Exploring Roadblocks, Breakthroughs, and Shaping the Future

UA Shah, A Wang, M Irfan Ullah, M Ishaq, IA Shah… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Renewable energy is crucial for sustainable future, and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) based solar
cells shine as a beacon of hope. CZTS, composed of abundant, low‐cost, and non‐toxic …

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 …

Self-assembled Nanometer-Scale ZnS Structure at the CZTS/ZnCdS Heterointerface for High-Efficiency Wide Band Gap Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

K Sun, J Huang, C Yan, A Pu, F Liu, H Sun… - Chemistry of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Despite remarkable progress in the performance of kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)-based
photovoltaic technology has been achieved, the interface recombination and associated …

Characteristics of Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1− x) 4 thin-film solar cells prepared by sputtering deposition using single quaternary Cu2ZnSnS4 target followed by selenization …

YP Lin, TE Hsieh, YC Chen, KP Huang - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work demonstrates the preparation of Cu 2 ZnSn (S x Se 1-x) 4 (CZTSSe) thin films by
sputtering deposition using single-phase Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) target followed by …

The effect of stoichiometry on Cu-Zn ordering kinetics in Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

K Rudisch, A Davydova, C Platzer-Björkman… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Cu-Zn disorder in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) may be responsible for the large open circuit
voltage deficit in CZTS based solar cells. In this study, it was investigated how composition …

Effect of secondary phases controlled by precursor composition on the efficiency of CZTS thin film solar cell

S Agrawal, DO De Souza, C Balasubramanian… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide (CZTS) has emerged as a promising photo absorber
material for thin film solar cell applications. However, the efficiency of CZTS based solar cell …