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 …

Progress and prospects of CZTSSe/CdS interface engineering to combat high open-circuit voltage deficit of kesterite photovoltaics: a critical review

K Kaur, M Kumar - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
CZTSSe solar cells are considered to be potential and cost-effective alternative solutions to
mature photovoltaic technology for meeting future energy demands. However, the current …

Device Postannealing Enabling over 12% Efficient Solution‐Processed Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells with Cd2+ Substitution

Z Su, G Liang, P Fan, J Luo, Z Zheng, Z Xie… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 is a promising photovoltaic material containing low‐cost,
earth‐abundant, and stable semiconductor elements. However, the highest power …

Numerical analysis of earth-abundant Cu2ZnSn (SxSe1-x) 4 solar cells based on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry results by using SCAPS-1D

L Et-taya, T Ouslimane, A Benami - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Mixed chalcogenide CZTSSe with earth abundant elements, inexpensive, environmental-
friendly and impressive photovoltaic performance is a promising absorber material for …

Boosting VOC of antimony chalcogenide solar cells: A review on interfaces and defects

J Dong, Y Liu, Z Wang, Y Zhang - Nano Select, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Antimony chalcogenides, including Sb2S3, Sb2Se3, and Sb2 (S, Se) 3, have been
developed as attractive non‐toxic and earth‐abundant solar absorber candidates among the …

Cd-Free Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 solar cell with an efficiency greater than 10% enabled by Al 2 O 3 passivation layers

X Cui, K Sun, J Huang, JS Yun, CY Lee… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Environmentally friendly earth-abundant Cd-free Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells have
recently achieved increasing power conversion efficiency by using ZnSnO as the buffer …

Insights into interface and bulk defects in a high efficiency kesterite-based device

R Fonoll-Rubio, J Andrade-Arvizu… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This work provides a detailed analysis of a high efficiency Cu2ZnSnSe4 device using a
combination of advanced electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques. In particular, a …

What is the band alignment of Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 solar cells?

A Crovetto, O Hansen - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2017 - Elsevier
The band alignment at the Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4/CdS solar cell heterojunction is a
controversial issue, as different measurements and calculations point to substantially …

Insights into kesterite's back contact interface: A status review

V Karade, A Lokhande, P Babar, MG Gang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, kesterite-based thin film solar cells (TFSCs) gained significant attention in the
photovoltaic (PV) sector for their elemental earth abundancy and low toxicity. The emerging …

Defect engineering enabling p-type Mo (S, Se) 2: TM (TM= V, Nb, Ta) towards high-efficiency kesterite solar cells

J Fu, A Zhang, D Kou, Z Xiao, W Zhou, Z Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
One important issue limiting the development of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells is
the severe recombination loss at CZTSSe/Mo (S, Se) 2/Mo back contact, primarily arising …