Dopant‐free passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells: Progress and prospects

Y Wang, ST Zhang, L Li, X Yang, L Lu, D Li - EcoMat, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of the contact scheme has driven the technology revolution of crystalline
silicon (c‐Si) solar cells. The state‐of‐the‐art high‐efficiency c‐Si solar cells such as silicon …

Prediction of Zn2(V, Nb, Ta)N3 Monolayers for Optoelectronic Applications

AA Kistanov, SV Ustiuzhanina… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A new family of ternary nitride materials, Zn2 (V, Nb, Ta) N3 monolayers, is predicted. A
fabrication mechanism of the Zn2 (V, Nb, Ta) N3 monolayers is proposed based on the …

Review of ZnSnN2 semiconductor material

IS Khan, KN Heinselman… - Journal of physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Zinc tin nitride (ZnSnN 2) is one of the emerging ternary nitride semiconductors considered
for photovoltaic device applications due to its attractive and tunable material properties and …

Performance evaluation of ZnSnN2 solar cells with Si back surface field using SCAPS-1D: A theoretical study

A Laidouci, VN Singh, PK Dakua, DK Panda - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The earth-abundant semiconductor zinc tin nitride (ZnSnN 2) has garnered significant
attention as a prospective material in photovoltaic and lighting applications, primarily due to …

ZnSnN2 Schottky barrier solar cells

F Ye, RT Hong, CS He, ZC Zhao, YZ Xie… - Materials Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The electron density of ZnSnN 2 fabricated by different deposition methods is usually much
higher than its conduction band density of states and this hinders its device application. By …

Band Offset Engineering in ZnSnN2-Based Heterojunction for Low-Cost Solar Cells

K Javaid, W Wu, J Wang, J Fang, H Zhang, J Gao… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A new ternary-alloy, zinc–tin nitride (ZnSnN2), is considered as one of the most promising
absorber materials for photovoltaic applications due to its ideal band gap, rich ternary …

Numerical study of solar cells based on ZnSnN2 structure

A Laidouci, A Aissat, JP Vilcot - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Based on several semiconductor research, we have studied one of the new semiconductors,
due to its exciting physical proprieties that in turn solve some problems in the photovoltaic's …

Lithium inserted ZnSnN2 thin films for solar absorber: n to p-type conversion

K kumar Chinnakutti, L Patra, V Panneerselvam… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
ZnSnN 2 is a non-toxic and earth-abundant photoabsorber material for flexible photovoltaic
devices because of its excellent optoelectronic behavior. However, theoretical studies show …

Combinatorial investigation of structural and optical properties of cation-disordered ZnGeN 2

CL Melamed, J Pan, A Mis, K Heinselman… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cation-disordered ZnGeN2 shows promise for application as a blue-green emitter in light-
emitting devices, but more foundational work is necessary to understand structure–property …

Zn 2 SbN 3: growth and characterization of a metastable photoactive semiconductor

E Arca, JD Perkins, S Lany, A Mis, BR Chen… - Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Ternary nitride semiconductors with wurtzite-derived crystal structures are an emerging
class of materials for optoelectronic applications compatible with GaN and related III–V …