A comprehensive review on Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film for solar cell: forecast issues and future anticipation

M Baid, A Hashmi, B Jain, AK Singh… - Optical and Quantum …, 2021 - Springer
Past few decades, light absorbing materials based on CuInGaSe 2 and CdTe have been
used for fabrication of thin film solar cells. But main issues arising from these absorbers are …

Third-generation solar cells based on quaternary copper compounds with the kesterite-type structure

VV Rakitin, GF Novikov - Russian Chemical Reviews, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The state of the art in the studies aimed at improving the efficiency and reducing the cost of
solar energy cells is analyzed. A possible way to achieve these goals is to use absorber …

The fabrication of Cd-free Cu2ZnSnS4-Ag2ZnSnS4 heterojunction photovoltaic devices

H Guo, C Ma, K Zhang, X Jia, Y Li, N Yuan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is a low cost, non-toxic material composed of earth-abundant
elements with a large optical absorption coefficient. However, in CZTS solar cells, CdS …

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 …

Towards phase pure kesterite CZTS films via Cu-Zn-Sn electrodeposition followed by sulfurization

B Unveroglu, G Zangari - Electrochimica Acta, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Electrodeposition of Cu-Zn-Sn alloy precursors followed by sulfurization has been
utilized to form phase pure CZTS absorber layers for photovoltaic applications. In this study …

CZTS layers formed under sulfur-limited conditions at above atmospheric pressure

MA Olgar, E Bacaksız, M Tomakin… - Materials Science in …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study CZTS thin films were grown by a two-stage process that involved sequential
sputter deposition of metallic Cu, Zn, and Sn layers on Mo coated glass substrates followed …

Солнечные преобразователи третьего поколения на основе четверных соединений меди со структурой кестерита

ВВ Ракитин, ГФ Новиков - Успехи химии, 2017 - elibrary.ru
Проанализировано современное состояние исследований, связанных с проблемами
повышения эффективности и удешевления преобразователей солнечной энергии …

Effect of cell configuration on the compositional homogeneity of electrodeposited Cu-Zn-Sn alloys and phase purity of the resulting Cu2ZnSnS4 absorber layers

B Unveroglu, G Zangari - Electrochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) absorber layers were synthesized by electrodeposition of Cu-
Zn-Sn (CZT) alloys using horizontally or vertically oriented electrodes, followed by …

Structural homogenization and cation ordering in CZTS films during sulfurization as probed via in-situ Raman

S Exarhos, E Palmes, L Mangolini - Thin Solid Films, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigate the production of copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (CZTS) thin films via the
sintering of nanoparticle coatings. CZTS nanoparticles are produced via spray pyrolysis …

Grain-to-Grain Compositional Variations and Phase Segregation in Copper–Zinc–Tin–Sulfide Films

A Alvarez Barragan, H Malekpour… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
We have performed a rigorous investigation of the structure and composition of individual
grains in copper–zinc–tin–sulfide (CZTS) films realized by sulfurization of a sputtered metal …