Recent Progress and Challenges in Controlling Secondary Phases in Kesterite CZT (S/Se) Thin Films: A Critical Review

MY Zaki, A Velea - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Kesterite-based copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) and copper zinc tin selenide (CZTSe) thin
films have attracted considerable attention as promising materials for sustainable and cost …

A Two-Step Magnetron Sputtering Approach for the Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 Films from Cu2SnS3\ZnS Stacks

MY Zaki, F Sava, ID Simandan, AT Buruiana… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is regarded as one of the emerging materials for next-generation thin
film solar cells. However, its synthesis is complex, and obtaining a single-phase CZTS thin …

Numerical simulation on an efficient n-CdS/p-ZnSnN2/p+-Cu2SnS3/p++-CuGaSe2 thin film solar cell

MAH Pappu, SN Shiddique, BK Mondal… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations have been carried out to inspect the photovoltaic (PV) performance of
ZnSnN 2 (ZTN) based PV device with a thin Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) current raising layer. In the …

Direct vapour transport grown Cu 2 SnS 3 crystals: exploring structural, elastic, optical, and electronic properties

JB Raval, SH Chaki, SR Patel, RK Giri, MB Solanki… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper tin sulphide (Cu2SnS3)(CTS) has emerged as a potent material for applications in
photovoltaic, thermoelectric, electrochemical, biological, and other fields. CTS has superior …

Study of the thermal decomposition of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) in different atmospheres: effect of annealing on its structural and optical properties

JD Cristóbal-García, F Paraguay-Delgado… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
The objectives of this study were twofold: firstly, to study the thermal decomposition of
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) in the air or inert atmosphere, and secondly, to study the impact on the …

Wet synthesis of Cu2MnSnS4 thin films for photovoltaics: Oxidation control and CdS impact on device performances

F Butrichi, V Trifiletti, G Tseberlidis… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The manganese-based quaternary chalcogenide Cu 2 MnSnS 4 could have the chance to
promote the production of sustainable solar cells, but the reported photovoltaic efficiencies …

Cu2SnSe3 phase formation from different metallic and binary chalcogenides stacks using magnetron sputtering

MY Zaki, F Sava, ID Simandan, AT Buruiana… - Materials Science in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 SnSe 3 (CTSe) is a polyvalent material that can be used as an absorber layer
for thin film solar cells or as a starting layer for the synthesis of CZTSe or CZTSSe …

Investigation and optimization of an effective fabrication process to develop a high-quality CZTS thin layer for photovoltaic applications

A Fereydoni, S Dehghani, A Mosahebfard - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite its outstanding advantages, its relatively low practical efficiency has prevented
CZTS from replacing CIGS. The most important reason for this drawback is known to be the …

Effect of deposition time on the physicochemical properties of co-electrodeposited Cu2SnS3 thin films for photovoltaic applications

K Fareh, M Oubakalla, M Beraich, M Lharch… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study highlights our optimization of the co-electrodeposition duration of Cu, Sn, and S
on the titanium substrate in order to further improve the properties of Cu 2 SnS 3 thin films in …

Fabrication and characterization of photodetector using solvothermally synthesized p-CZTS/Se nanocrystals and n-Si heterojunction

RN Mondal, S Saha - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in …, 2024 - Springer
Chalcogenide semiconducting nanomaterials are very attractive in the field of
photodetection as well as photovoltaic effect due to their outstanding optoelectronic …