Towards low-cost, environmentally friendly printed chalcopyrite and kesterite solar cells

H Azimi, Y Hou, CJ Brabec - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Solution-processed organic and inorganic semiconductors offer a promising path towards
low-cost mass production of solar cells. Among the various material systems, solution …

Progress in chalcopyrite compound semiconductor research for photovoltaic applications and transfer of results into actual solar cell production

A Jäger-Waldau - Practical handbook of photovoltaics, 2012 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Among the different thin film technologies, the family of chalcopyrites
has so far demonstrated the highest efficiency for solar cells in the laboratory as well as in …

Structural and optical properties of vacuum evaporated CdxZn1− xS thin films

P Kumar, A Misra, D Kumar, N Dhama, TP Sharma… - Optical Materials, 2004 - Elsevier
II–VI semiconductors are of great importance due to their applications in various electro-
optic devices. Sulphides of zinc and cadmium have been utilized effectively in various opto …

Physico-chemical characterization of spray-deposited CuInS2 thin films

MC Zouaghi, TB Nasrallah, S Marsillac, JC Bernede… - Thin Solid Films, 2001 - Elsevier
CuInS2 thin films have been deposited by spray pyrolysis. X-Ray diffraction spectra show
that a substrate temperature Ts≥ 590 K with a ratio of the concentration in the pulverized …

Low cost, non-vacuum techniques for the preparation of thin/thick films for photovoltaic applications

S Oktik - Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization, 1988 - Elsevier
The major objectives of solar cell research and development programmes are to improve the
efficiency, stability and lifetime of photovoltaic devices. However, for terrestrial applications …

Preparation and characterization of all spray-deposited p-CuIn (S0. 5Se0. 5) 2/n-CdZnS: In thin film solar cells

K Subbaramaiah, VS Raja - Solar energy materials and solar cells, 1994 - Elsevier
All spray-deposited p-CuIn (S 0.5 Se 0.5) 2/n-CdZnS: In heterojunction solar cells in the
backwall configuration were fabricated. The cell exhibited an open-circuit voltage of 325 mV …

Photocatalytic activity of CuInS2 and CuIn5S8

K Kobayakawa, A Teranishi, T Tsurumaki, Y Sato… - Electrochimica …, 1992 - Elsevier
The photocatalytic activity of CuInS 2 and CuIn 5 S 8, prepared by chemical precipitation, for
the hydrogen evolution from aqueous sulfite solution was investigated. The photocatalytic …

Preparation of CuInSe2 thin films by chemical spray pyrolysis

S Shirakata, T Murakami, T Kariya… - Japanese journal of …, 1996 - iopscience.iop.org
CuInSe 2 thin films have been prepared by chemical spray pyrolysis (CSP) on glass
substrate from the ethanol aqueous solution containing CuCl 2, InCl 3 and N, N …

Optical properties of sprayed CuInS2 thin layers

N Guezmir, J Ouerfelli, S Belgacem - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2006 - Elsevier
Thin layers of copper indium disulphide were prepared on Pyrex glass substrate at 320° C
by the chemical reactive spray process from an aqueous solution containing cuprous and …

Preparation and characterization of MOCVD thin films of cadmium sulphide

OB Ajayi, OK Osuntola, IA Ojo, C Jeynes - Thin Solid Films, 1994 - Elsevier
A film of stoichiometric cadmium sulphide on quartz substrate was deposited by pyrolysis
from bis-(morpholinodithioato-S, S') cadmium (C 10 H 16 N 2 O 2 S 4 Cd)(a single source …