Composition dependence of the optical band gap and the secondary phases via zinc content in CZTS material

A Khelfane, MI Ziane, M Tablaoui, M Hecini… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is attracting a growing interest as a new eco-friendly
photovoltaic material, thanks to its interesting properties such as a band-gap around 1.5 eV …

Selective sulfidation-vacuum volatilization processes for tellurium and bismuth recovery from bismuth telluride waste thermoelectric material

J Ma, T Shi, Y Li, B Yang, Y Tian, B Xu, H Yang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bismuth telluride-based alloy materials are currently the best performing thermoelectric
materials at near room temperature; however, their production and use generate waste (eg …

Scrutinizing the effect of substrate temperature and enhancing the multifunctional attributes of spray deposited copper gallium sulfide (CuGaS2) thin films

K Vijayan, SP Vijayachamundeeswari - Phase Transitions, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polycrystalline chalcopyrite CuGaS2 thin films were prepared using a spray pyrolysis route
has been considered a potential material for the solar cell absorber layer. Scanning Electron …

Tuning the electrical and room-temperature gas sensing properties of transparent ZnO thin films through Mo doping

A Thomas, L Thirumalaisamy… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Pure as well as Mo-doped ZnO thin films were deposited on glass substrate using the
chemical spray pyrolysis method. Doping with Mo was performed to tune the electrical and …

Performance Study of Cadmium Telluride Solar Cell Featured with Silicon Thin Film Made by Sol-Gel Route

R Venkatesh, PK Singh, MN Bashir, JS Lee… - Silicon, 2024 - Springer
Solar energy has emerged as a promising renewable solution, with cadmium telluride
(CdTe) solar cells leading the way due to their high efficiency and cost-effectiveness. This …

Microstructural, optical, and electrical characteristics of Cu-doped CdTe nanocrystalline films for designing absorber layer in solar cell applications

M Alzaid, NMA Hadia, M El-Hagary… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reports the microstructure, optical, and electrical characteristics of undoped and
Cu-doped CdTe nanostructured thin films prepared on glass substrates by electron beam …

Tuning the crystalline orientation of quasi 1D anisotropic Sb2Se3 as a function of growth temperature for thin film photovoltaic applications

SM Govindharajulu, AK Jain… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Antimony selenide (Sb 2 Se 3) shows excellent photon absorption in the visible
region and hence gaining tremendous attention from the last decade for thin film …

Suppression of pinhole defects in thin film CdS/CdTe solar cell via gelatin-based negative photoresist passivation

H Liu, Y Zhou, Q Xie, G Wang, M Jiang, J Pan… - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The existence of pinholes at the CdS/CdTe and CdTe/back contact interfaces is one of the
main obstacles to achieve high power conversion efficiency (PCE) in thin film CdS/CdTe …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation on copper doped CdTe thick films for optoelectronic applications: structural, optical and electrical characteristics

K Alshehri - Int. J. Thin. Fil. Sci. Tec, 2024 - researchgate.net
This study focuses on the effects of replacement Cd with Cu on the structural, optical, and
electrical properties of CdTe one micron thin film. In this regard, CdTe ingots with Cu …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and Optical Properties of Nickel-Doped Zinc Sulfide

S Alhassan, AH Alshammari, S Alotibi, K Alshammari… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this study, undoped and Ni-doped ZnS nanoparticles were fabricated using a
hydrothermal method to explore their structural, optical, and surface properties. X-ray …