A critical review on the progress of kesterite solar cells: Current strategies and insights

A Wang, M He, MA Green, K Sun… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) with earth‐abundant and environmental‐
benign constituents has been regarded as a promising solar energy harvesting material for …

Defect suppression for high-efficiency kesterite CZTSSe solar cells: advances and prospects

H Wei, Y Li, C Cui, X Wang, Z Shao, S Pang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Comprising of earth-abundant, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly elements, kesterite
Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells are demonstrated to have enormous potential to …

Achieving highly efficient kesterite solar cells using simultaneous surface Ge substitution and rear interface engineering strategies

MC Baek, JS Jang, VC Karade, MP Suryawanshi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The progress in the device performance of kesterite-based thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) have
been stagnant due to unstable rear contact properties and large open circuit voltage (V oc) …

Engineering of Interface and Bulk Properties in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin-Film Solar Cells with Ultrathin CuAlO2 Intermediate Layer and Ge Doping

KS Gour, VC Karade, M Lee, JS Jang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recently, kesterite-based absorbers and related compounds have been considered as
promising eco-friendly light absorber materials for thin-film solar cells (TFSCs). However, the …

Favorable Bonding and Band Structures of Cu2ZnSnS4 and CdS Films and Their Photovoltaic Interfaces

MJ Turnbull, YM Yiu, M Goldman… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Thin-film photovoltaic cells using Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS, p-type) have many advantages, such
as high photoconversion, low cost, and great tunability with earth-abundant, nontoxic …

Delafossite CuAlO2 Modification‐Induced Synergistic Passivation Effects for Heterojunction Interface and Absorber toward Efficient Kesterite Solar Cells

J Ma, R Liu, H Sun, X Meng, B Han, R Wang, D Chi… - Solar …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving a high‐quality heterojunction interface (HEI) and absorber is crucial for the
efficient Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells. Herein, an alternative and feasible …

Efficiency Improvement of Flexible Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells by Window Layer Interface Engineering

Q Sun, H Deng, Q Yan, B Lin, W Xie… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Flexible Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have wide application prospects. N-type
window layers and contact among the layers have an important effect on the properties of …

An effective air heat-treatment strategy of precursor films in search of high open-circuit voltage for efficient CZTSSe cells

T Zheng, X Dong, F Yang, L Yu, X Sun, J Chen… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationally controlling the electronic property of the absorbers is effective but challenging in
overcoming the drawbacks of large open-circuit voltage (V OC) deficit for high efficient Cu 2 …

Rear interface engineering via a facile oxidation process of Mo back contact for highly efficient CZTSSe thin film solar cells

MC Baek, JS Jang, MP Suryawanshi, VC Karade… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The kesterite-based Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) are
promising absorber material for next-generation TFSCs technology because they exhibit …

2D Ti3C2-MXene Serving as Intermediate Layer between Absorber and Back Contact for Efficient CZTSSe Solar Cells

Q Ma, XP Cui, WH Zhou, DX Kou, ZJ Zhou… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) has been considered as the most promising
absorber material for inorganic thin-film solar cells. Among the three main interfaces in …