Nontoxic and earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells: A review on high throughput processed methods

S Chander, SK Tripathi, I Kaur, AK De - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics is one of the most well-known sustainable technologies to supply all of the
world's energy needs due to its enduring nature and lack of pollution. CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si …

[图书][B] Earth-abundant materials for solar cells: Cu2-II-IV-VI4 semiconductors

S Adachi - 2015 - books.google.com
Systematically describes the physical and materials properties of copper-based quaternary
chalcogenide semiconductor materials, enabling their potential for photovoltaic device …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 Light Absorber Using a Cost-Effective Mechanochemical Method for Photovoltaic Applications

M Sahu, VRM Reddy, B Kim, B Patro, C Park, WK Kim… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the present study, we adopt an easy and cost-effective route for preparing Cu2ZnSnS4
(CZTS)-absorber nanoparticles by a mechanochemical method using non-toxic and …

Performance evaluation of ZnSnN2 solar cells with Si back surface field using SCAPS-1D: A theoretical study

A Laidouci, VN Singh, PK Dakua, DK Panda - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The earth-abundant semiconductor zinc tin nitride (ZnSnN 2) has garnered significant
attention as a prospective material in photovoltaic and lighting applications, primarily due to …

Fast switching response of Na-doped CZTS photodetector from visible to NIR range

OP Singh, A Sharma, KS Gour, S Husale… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
It is important to study the photoconductivity to understand the optoelectronic properties of
semiconductor thin films. Here, we report the effect of Na doping on the photoconductivity …

Development of a CZTS solar cell with CdS buffer layer deposited by RF magnetron sputtering

N Akcay, EP Zaretskaya, S Ozcelik - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019 - Elsevier
A thin film solar cell device having the architecture Ni/Al/Al: ZnO/i-ZnO/CdS/CZTS/Mo/SLG
with a RF-sputtered CdS buffer layer was reported in this study. CZTS absorber layers were …

Enhanced photoresponse of Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 based photodetector in visible range

KS Gour, OP Singh, B Bhattacharyya, R Parmar… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fast switching response of photodetectors is needed for many applications. Therefore, it is
necessary to study the photoconductivity properties of earth abundant and cost effective …

Deposition of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film at different solution flow rates

YBK Kumar, D Nagamalleswari, GS Babu - Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2022 - Elsevier
A thin film of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4, a potential compound semiconductor for the absorber layer in
thin film heterojunction solar cells, has been successfully deposited using the spray …

Weak Anharmonicity Rationalizes the Temperature-Driven Acceleration of Nonradiative Dynamics in Cu2ZnSnS4 Photoabsorbers

P Zhang, Z Hou, L Jiang, J Yang, WA Saidi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
We report a time-domain ab initio investigation of the nonradiative electron–hole
recombination in quaternary Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) at different temperatures using a …

Controlled substitution of S by Se in reactively sputtered CZTSSe thin films for solar cells

OP Singh, N Vijayan, KN Sood, BP Singh… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
CZTSSe thin films are considered to be future of flexible thin film solar cell. Amount of S and
Se in the CZTSSe thin films controls the band gap. Therefore, control over the concentration …