Compound copper chalcogenide nanocrystals

C Coughlan, M Ibanez, O Dobrozhan, A Singh… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This review captures the synthesis, assembly, properties, and applications of copper
chalcogenide NCs, which have achieved significant research interest in the last decade due …

Current challenges and future prospects for a highly efficient (> 20%) kesterite CZTS solar cell: A review

K Pal, P Singh, A Bhaduri, KB Thapa - Solar energy materials and solar …, 2019 - Elsevier
CZTS has kesterite structure and the composition's formula is Cu 2 ZnSn (S/Se) 4. The
efficiency of CZTS-Se (Coppersingle bondZincsingle bondTin-Sulphur-Selenium) solar …

Predicting the band gaps of inorganic solids by machine learning

Y Zhuo, A Mansouri Tehrani… - The journal of physical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A machine-learning model is developed that can accurately predict the band gap of
inorganic solids based only on composition. This method uses support vector classification …

Classification of Lattice Defects in the Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 Earth‐Abundant Solar Cell Absorbers

S Chen, A Walsh, XG Gong, SH Wei - Advanced materials, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The kesterite‐structured semiconductors Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 are drawing
considerable attention recently as the active layers in earth‐abundant low‐cost thin‐film …

The path towards a high-performance solution-processed kesterite solar cell

DB Mitzi, O Gunawan, TK Todorov, K Wang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite the promise of thin-film Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGSSe) chalcopyrite and CdTe
photovoltaic technologies with respect to reducing cost per watt of solar energy conversion …

Kesterite Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Advances in Materials Modelling of Cu2ZnSnS4

A Walsh, S Chen, SH Wei… - Advanced Energy …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Quaternary semiconducting materials based on the kesterite (A2BCX4) mineral structure are
the most promising candidates to overtake the current generation of light‐absorbing …

Kesterites—a challenging material for solar cells

S Siebentritt, S Schorr - Progress in photovoltaics: Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Kesterite materials (Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4) are made from non‐toxic, earth‐
abundant and low‐cost raw materials. We summarise here the structural and electronic …

Co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 films and devices

I Repins, C Beall, N Vora, C DeHart… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
The use of vacuum co-evaporation to produce Cu2ZnSnSe4 photovoltaic devices with
9.15% total-area efficiency is described. These new results suggest that the early success of …

Compositional dependence of structural and electronic properties of CuZnSn(S,Se) alloys for thin film solar cells

S Chen, A Walsh, JH Yang, XG Gong, L Sun… - Physical Review B …, 2011 - APS
A thin-film solar cell based on Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) alloy was recently found to
exhibit a light to electricity conversion efficiency of 10%, making it competitive with the more …

The consequences of kesterite equilibria for efficient solar cells

A Redinger, DM Berg, PJ Dale… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Copper− zinc− tin− chalcogenide kesterites, Cu2ZnSnS4 and Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTS (e)) are
ideal candidates for the production of thin film solar cells on large scales due to the high …