Present Status of Solution‐Processing Routes for Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 Solar Cell Absorbers

S Suresh, AR Uhl - Advanced Energy Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photovoltaic technologies offer a sustainable solution to the challenge of meeting increasing
energy demands. Chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2, short CIGS—thin‐film solar cells …

Perspectives of chalcopyrite-based CIGSe thin-film solar cell: a review

G Regmi, A Ashok, P Chawla, P Semalti… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Springer
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is empowering, reliable, and ecofriendly technology for harvesting
energy which can be assessed from the fact that PV panels with total electricity generation …

12.84% Efficiency flexible kesterite solar cells by heterojunction interface regulation

X Xu, J Zhou, K Yin, J Wang, L Lou, D Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to their environmental friendliness, low cost, and versatility in applications, flexible
Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have garnered significant attention in recent years …

Review of grain interior, grain boundary, and interface effects of K in CIGS solar cells: Mechanisms for performance enhancement

CP Muzzillo - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Introducing K into Cu (In, Ga)(Se, S) 2 (CIGS) absorbers has led to recent world
record power conversion efficiencies for thin film polycrystalline solar cells. In this work, the …

Revani diffusion model in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2

D Colombara, BJ Stanbery, G Sozzi - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The commercial attractiveness of Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) photovoltaics is still curtailed
by the R&D gap that separates it from silicon. Overcoming the gap requires the pursuit of …

Sodium enhances indium-gallium interdiffusion in copper indium gallium diselenide photovoltaic absorbers

D Colombara, F Werner, T Schwarz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Copper indium gallium diselenide-based technology provides the most efficient solar energy
conversion among all thin-film photovoltaic devices. This is possible due to engineered …

Extrinsic Doping of Ink‐Based Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2‐Absorbers for Photovoltaic Applications

S Suresh, DJ Rokke, AA Drew… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The addition of cesium into Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2‐short CIGSSe‐absorber layers (fabricated
via vacuum deposition methods), has most recently culminated in devices with record power …

Enhancing photocurrent of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells with actively controlled Ga grading in the absorber layer

J Gong, Y Kong, J Li, K Wang, X Wang, Z Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Highly efficient Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells are often fabricated with
a double Ga grading along the thickness direction of the light absorber. In this work, through …

Organic Passivation of Deep Defects in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Film for Geometry-Simplified Compound Solar Cells

J Chen, X Chang, J Guo, Q Gao, X Zhang, C Liu… - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Diverse defects in copper indium gallium diselenide solar cells cause nonradiative
recombination losses and impair device performance. Here, an organic passivation scheme …

The fox and the hound: in-depth and in-grain Na doping and Ga grading in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 solar cells

D Colombara, K Conley, M Malitckaya… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) thin film solar cells require appropriate depth and lateral
distributions of alkali metal dopants and gallium to attain world record photovoltaic energy …