Fabrication strategies for metallic nanowire flexible transparent electrodes with high uniformity

S Ding, J Chen, K Li, H Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Flexible transparent electrodes (FTEs) have become a vital component of many devices
such as heaters, solar cells, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and smart windows. Recently …

Understanding Defect-Mediated Ion Migration in Semiconductors using Atomistic Simulations and Machine Learning

MH Rahman, M Biswas… - ACS Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ion migration in semiconductor devices is facilitated by the presence of point defects and
has a major influence on electronic and optical properties. It is important to understand and …

Gradient bandgaps in sulfide kesterite solar cells enable over 13% certified efficiency

K Yin, J Wang, L Lou, F Meng, X Xu, B Zhang, M Jiao… - Nature Energy, 2025 - nature.com
Abstract Sulfide kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)—a non-toxic and low-cost photovoltaic
material—has always faced severe charge recombination and poor carrier transport …

Tuning the optoelectronic properties of emerging solar absorbers through cation disorder engineering

YT Huang, RLZ Hoye - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Chalcogenide solar absorbers, such as AgBiS2 and kesterites, have gained a resurgence of
interest recently, owing to their high stability compared to metal–halide compounds, as well …

Comprehensive study of photoluminescence and device properties in Cu2Zn (Sn1− xGex) S4 monograins and monograin layer solar cells

İ Mengü, K Muska, M Pilvet, V Mikli, E Dudutienė… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Ge-alloying of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 is a promising strategy for producing wide-bandgap
absorber materials suitable for use in tandem structures or indoor solar cell applications …

High-throughput screening of ternary and quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors for photovoltaics

MH Rahman, A Mannodi-Kanakkithodi - Computational Materials Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Composition engineering offers a promising approach to discover new semiconductors with
attractive optoelectronic properties. Screening based on high-throughput atomistic …

[HTML][HTML] Tunneling-enhanced interface recombination and current loss curves in kesterite solar cells

J Krustok, K Timmo, M Kauk-Kuusik… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
An approach to developing durable, light-weight, flexible, and semi-transparent solar cells is
through the utilization of Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) monograin powder. However, CZTS cells are …

Gradient bandgap enables> 13% efficiency sulfide Kesterite solar cells with open-circuit voltage over 800 mV

K Yin, J Wang, L Lou, X Xu, B Zhang, M Jiao… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Sulfide Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS), a nontoxic and low-cost photovoltaic material, has
always being facing severe charge recombination and poor carrier transport, resulting in the …

[HTML][HTML] Optical study of valence band splitting and resonant acceptor states in Cu2GeS3 microcrystals

J Krustok, R Kaupmees, J Kokla… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Single microcrystals of Cu 2 GeS 3 (CGS) were grown in molten LiI salt. According to x-ray
diffraction measurements, all of the samples were made up entirely of CGS crystals. Raman …

[PDF][PDF] STUDY OF STRUCTURAL DISORDER IN Cu2ZnSnS4 MONOGRAIN POWDERS BY RTPL AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY

TFJA RAMAN, S ABIL - digikogu.taltech.ee
This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme under grant agreement No 952982–CUSTOM-ARt. This work was …