A critical review on rational composition engineering in kesterite photovoltaic devices: self-regulation and mutual synergy

J Guo, J Ao, Y Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Composition engineering has been one of the most crucial strategies to match well with both
bulk and heterojunction interfaces of absorbers in kesterite-based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 …

The electrical and optical properties of kesterites

M Grossberg, J Krustok, CJ Hages… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S x Se 1-x) 4 (CZTSSe) semiconductor materials have been
extensively studied over the past decade, however despite significant efforts, the open circuit …

Is the Cu/Zn disorder the main culprit for the voltage deficit in kesterite solar cells?

S Bourdais, C Choné, B Delatouche… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Photovoltaic thin film solar cells based on kesterite Cu2ZnSn (Sx, Se1–x) 4 compounds
(CZTSSe) have reached> 12% sunlight‐to‐electricity conversion efficiency. This is still far …

Improvement of voltage deficit of Ge-incorporated kesterite solar cell with 12.3% conversion efficiency

S Kim, KM Kim, H Tampo, H Shibata… - Applied Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We demonstrate the improved efficiency of a Cu 2 Zn (Sn 1− x Ge x) Se 4 (CZTGSe) thin-film
solar cell with a conversion efficiency of 12.3%; this cell exhibits a greatly improved open …

Enhancing carrier transport in flexible CZTSSe solar cells via doping Li strategy

Q Yan, Q Sun, H Deng, W Xie, C Zhang, J Wu… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The passivation of non-radiative states and inhibition of band tailings are desirable for
improving the open-circuit voltage (V oc) of CZTSSe thin-film solar cells. Recently, alkali …

Fill Factor Losses in Cu2ZnSn(SxSe1−x)4 Solar Cells: Insights from Physical and Electrical Characterization of Devices and Exfoliated Films

KF Tai, O Gunawan, M Kuwahara… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Besides the open circuit voltage (VOC) deficit, fill factor (FF) is the second most significant
parameter deficit for earth‐abundant kesterite solar cell technology. Here, various pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Carrier-resolved photo-Hall effect

O Gunawan, SR Pae, DM Bishop, Y Virgus, JH Noh… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The fundamental parameters of majority and minority charge carriers—including their type,
density and mobility—govern the performance of semiconductor devices yet can be difficult …

Reducing the interfacial defect density of CZTSSe solar cells by Mn substitution

S Lie, JMR Tan, W Li, SW Leow, YF Tay… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cation disorder which arises from the size and chemical environment similarity of Cu and Zn
is the limiting factor in Cu2ZnSnSxSe4− x (CZTSSe) performance. Cation substitution is one …

Improving the open‐circuit voltage of Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film solar cells via interface passivation

J Kim, S Park, S Ryu, J Oh… - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports on substantial improvement of the open‐circuit voltage (Voc) of
Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin film solar cells by applying a passivation strategy to both the top …

Back contact engineering for increased performance in kesterite solar cells

PD Antunez, DM Bishop, YS Lee… - Advanced Energy …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The thin‐film photovoltaic absorber Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) holds considerable
promise for large scale conversion of sunlight into electricity. CZTSSe is composed of Earth …