Review on Cu2SnS3, Cu3SnS4, and Cu4SnS4 thin films and their photovoltaic performance

VRM Reddy, MR Pallavolu, PR Guddeti, S Gedi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid progress on the Cu–Sn–S (Cu 2 SnS 3, Cu 3 SnS 4, and Cu 4 SnS 4) solar cells
has opened a new avenue to generate the electrical energy at ultra-low-cost. Therefore, the …

A review of defects and disorder in multinary tetrahedrally bonded semiconductors

LL Baranowski, P Zawadzki, S Lany… - Semiconductor …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Defects are critical to understanding the electronic properties of semiconducting
compounds, for applications such as light-emitting diodes, transistors, photovoltaics, and …

Thin film solar cells based on the ternary compound Cu2SnS3

DM Berg, R Djemour, L Gütay, G Zoppi, S Siebentritt… - Thin solid films, 2012 - Elsevier
Alongside with Cu2ZnSnS4 and SnS, the p-type semiconductor Cu2SnS3 also consists of
only Earth abundant and low-cost elements and shows comparable opto-electronic …

Na induction effects for J–V properties of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) solar cells and fabrication of a CTS solar cell over-5.2% efficiency

A Kanai, M Sugiyama - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of Na on Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) solar cells were investigated by focusing on the
electrical properties obtained using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Hall …

Strongly coupled design of zinc oxide-nanorods/copper tin sulfide-nanoflowers nanostructures: An electrochemical study in 4-nitrochlorobenzene detection

T Kokulnathan, R Vishnuraj, TJ Wang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing efficient electrode materials for detecting 4-nitrochlorobenzene (4-NCB) is
highly desirable for living organisms and environmental safety. Herein, we designed a …

Fabrication of Cu2SnS3 thin-film solar cells with power conversion efficiency of over 4%

A Kanai, K Toyonaga, K Chino… - Japanese Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Cu 2 SnS 3 (CTS) thin films were produced by the co-evaporation of Cu, Sn, and
cracked sulfur, followed by annealing. The as-deposited films were then annealed at 570 C …

Fabrication of Cu2SnS3 thin films by sulfurization of evaporated Cu‐Sn precursors for solar cells

N Aihara, H Araki, A Takeuchi, K Jimbo… - … status solidi c, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ternary compound semiconductor Cu2SnS3 (CTS) is formed from non‐toxic materials
that are abundant in Earth's crust and other low‐cost elements. CTS has also been reported …

Non-toxic, earth-abundant 2% efficient Cu2SnS3 solar cell based on tetragonal films direct-coated from single metal-organic precursor solution

D Tiwari, TK Chaudhuri, T Shripathi… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
A process for deposition of tetragonal Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin films from methanolic precursor
solution of metal-thiourea complex by direct liquid coating (DLC) is described. For synthesis …

Theoretical exploration of high VOC in Cu2SnS3 thin film solar cells towards high efficiency

MJ Nayeen, BK Mondal, SR Basu, J Hossain - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This article manifests the outstanding performance of copper-tin-sulphide (Cu 2 SnS 3)-
based double-heterojunction (DH) photovoltaic cell. The n-type ZnSe as window and the p+ …

Control of Doping in Cu2SnS3 through Defects and Alloying

LL Baranowski, P Zawadzki, S Christensen… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
As the world's demand for energy grows, the search for cost competitive and earth abundant
thin film photovoltaic absorbers is becoming increasingly important. A promising approach to …