[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 …

Highly stable ethanol-based Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) low-cost thin film absorber: effect of solution aging

A Tumbul, F Aslan, A Goktas, MZ Zarbali… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aging is an important factor that can affect the grain size, surface morphology and optical
band gap of the thin films. Especially, it is thought that these important parameters will have …

Novel compositional engineering for~ 26% efficient CZTS-perovskite tandem solar cell

MA Shafi, L Khan, S Ullah, MY Shafi, A Bouich, H Ullah… - Optik, 2022 - Elsevier
The production and commercialization of solar cells should meet such social criteria as price
affordability, environment friendly, stability, and high efficiency of established materials …

A two step technique to remove the secondary phases in CZTS thin films grown by sol-gel method

A Ashfaq, J Jacob, N Bano, MAU Nabi, A Ali… - Ceramics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, we have used a two step method to eliminate the secondary phases in the
CZTS thin films grown by sol-gel technique. In the first step, CZTS thin films were grown on …

Impact of stacking order and annealing temperature on properties of CZTS thin films and solar cell performance

MA Olgar, AO Sarp, A Seyhan, R Zan - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films were synthesized by a two-stage
process. In the first stage, CuSn/Zn/Cu (E-type) and CuSn/ZnS/Cu (B-type) stacked films …

Solution-Based Synthesis and Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Thin Films

U Syafiq, N Ataollahi, RD Maggio, P Scardi - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) ink was synthesized from metal chloride precursors, sulfur, and
oleylamine (OLA), as a ligand by a simple and low-cost hot-injection method. Thin films of …

Fabrication of Cu-rich CZTS thin films by two-stage process: Effect of gas flow-rate in sulfurization process

MA Olgar, A Altuntepe, S Erkan, R Zan - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, CZTS thin films were prepared using a two-stage process consisting of sputter
deposition of Cu, Sn and ZnS layers on the glass substrates to form CuSn/ZnS/Cu stacked …

Designing next-generation kesterite solar cells: A systematic numerical investigation of innovative structures and design variants for enhanced photovoltaic …

YH Khattak, F Baig, A Bouich, J Marí-Guaita, A Shuja… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a thorough numerical investigation of copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS)-
based solar cells utilizing the SCAPS-1D simulation tool. In light of the scarcity of indium and …

Synthesis of Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films by sulfurization of SnS-Cu layers at a selected temperature and/or Cu layers thickness

D Avellaneda, A Paul, S Shaji, B Krishnan - Journal of Solid State …, 2022 - Elsevier
Three phases of the ternary Cu-Sn-S system were synthesized using thin films of chemical
bath deposited tin sulfide (SnS) and thermally evaporated copper. Cu layers with different …

Sol-gel prepared Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) semiconductor thin films: Role of solvent removal processing temperature

H Ahmoum, P Chelvanathan, MS Su'ait… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conditions under which thin films are deposited are the most important parameter
determining the physical performance of devices. In this work, we present the effect of …