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 …

Investigation of structural and optical properties of Mg doped ZnS thin films prepared by Mist-CVD technique: Experimental and theoretical aspects

O El Khouja, I Boukhoubza, I Derkaoui… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the present study, undoped and magnesium (Mg)-doped zinc sulfide (ZnS) thin films were
prepared using the low-cost Mist CVD technique on a soda-lime glass substrate in a reactor …

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 …

Electrodeposition mechanism of Cu2CoSnS4 thin films onto FTO-coated glass: Effect of some additives

OA Layachi, A Moujib, O El Khouja, AC Galca… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we synthesized thin films of semiconductor Cu 2 CoSnS 4 (CCTS). We
investigated the mechanism of CCTS electrodeposition precursor onto fluorine-doped tin …

Nanostructure-Based CZGS/CZGSe Multiple Quantum Wells Could Sense Wider Solar Spectrum to Enhance Light-Harvesting Efficiency

S Routray, Y Massoud - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanostructures in kesterite solar cells are incorporated for performance enhancement. As
high recombination limits the efficiency of kesterite-based CZTS/Se solar cell, substituting …

Nanostructure Based CZGS/CZGSe Multiple Quantum Wells Could Sense Wider Solar Spectrum To Enhance Light-harvesting Efficiency

A Benisha Chris, S Routray, YM Massoud - 2023 - repository.kaust.edu.sa
Nanostructures in kesterite solar cells are incorporated for performance enhancement. As
high recombination limits the efficiency of kesterite-based CZTS/Se solar cell, substituting …

Additives Impact on the Electrochemical Nucleation Mechanism and Structure of Cu2cosns4 Electrodeposition Onto Fto-Coated Glass

EM Khoumri, O Ait Layachi, A Moujib… - Asmaa and El Khouja … - papers.ssrn.com
In this work, we synthesized semiconductor Cu2CoSnS4 (CCTS) thin films. We investigated
the electrochemical nucleation and growth mechanism of Cu-Co-Sn-S electrodeposition …