Towards low-cost, environmentally friendly printed chalcopyrite and kesterite solar cells

H Azimi, Y Hou, CJ Brabec - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Solution-processed organic and inorganic semiconductors offer a promising path towards
low-cost mass production of solar cells. Among the various material systems, solution …

Vibrational spectroscopy of compound semiconductor nanocrystals

VM Dzhagan, YM Azhniuk, AG Milekhin… - Journal of Physics D …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
A review of recent applications of Raman spectroscopy as a fast, sensitive, and non-
destructive technique for exploring II–VI semiconductor nanocrystals fabricated by various …

Strongly Fluorescent Quaternary Cu–In–Zn–S Nanocrystals Prepared from Cu1-xInS2 Nanocrystals by Partial Cation Exchange

L De Trizio, M Prato, A Genovese, A Casu… - Chemistry of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We report a high-yield, low cost synthesis route to colloidal Cu1-x InS2 nanocrystals with a
tunable amount of Cu vacancies in the crystal lattice. These are then converted into …

Non-stoichiometric Cu–In–S@ ZnS nanoparticles produced in aqueous solutions as light harvesters for liquid-junction photoelectrochemical solar cells

A Raevskaya, O Rosovik, A Kozytskiy, O Stroyuk… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A direct “green” aqueous synthesis of mercapto acetate-stabilized copper indium sulfide
(CIS) nanoparticles (NPs) and core/shell CIS@ ZnS NPs of a varied composition under …

Morphology-induced phonon spectra of CdSe/CdS nanoplatelets: core/shell vs. core–crown

V Dzhagan, AG Milekhin, MY Valakh, S Pedetti… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently developed two-dimensional colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals, or nanoplatelets
(NPLs), extend the palette of solution-processable free-standing 2D nanomaterials of high …

Experimental and Theoretical Study of Stable and Metastable Phases in Sputtered CuInS2

JK Larsen, KV Sopiha, C Persson… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga) S2 has gained renewed interest in recent years due to
the potential application in tandem solar cells. In this contribution, a combined theoretical …

Optical methodology for process monitoring of chalcopyrite photovoltaic technologies: Application to low cost Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 electrodeposition based processes

F Oliva, S Kretzschmar, D Colombara… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Non-destructive characterization of both single layers and completed devices are important
issues for the development of efficient and low cost Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) modules at …

Wide band-gap tuning Cu2ZnSn1− xGexS4 single crystals: optical and vibrational properties

E Garcia-Llamas, JM Merino, R Serna… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
The linear optical properties of Cu 2 ZnSn 1− x Ge x S 4 high quality single crystals with a
wide range of Ge contents (x= 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 1) have been investigated in the …

Phonon Raman spectroscopy of nanocrystalline multinary chalcogenides as a probe of complex lattice structures

V Dzhagan, AP Litvinchuk, MY Valakh… - Journal of Physics …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Ternary (I–III–VI) and quaternary (I–II–IV–VI) metal-chalcogenides like CuInS 2 or
Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 are among the materials currently most intensively investigated for …

Phonon spectra of strongly luminescent nonstoichiometric Ag–In–S, Cu–In–S, and Hg–In–S nanocrystals of small size

V Dzhagan, O Selyshchev, O Raievska… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a detailed analysis of Raman and infrared (IR) phonon spectra of strongly
luminescent nonstoichiometric M–In–S (M= Cu, Ag, Hg) and core/shell M–In-S/ZnS …