Progress and perspectives of thin film kesterite photovoltaic technology: a critical review

S Giraldo, Z Jehl, M Placidi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The latest progress and future perspectives of thin film photovoltaic kesterite technology are
reviewed herein. Kesterite is currently the most promising emerging fully inorganic thin film …

Kesterite solar cells: insights into current strategies and challenges

M He, C Yan, J Li, MP Suryawanshi, J Kim… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Earth‐abundant and environmentally benign kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is a
promising alternative to its cousin chalcopyrite Cu (In, Ga)(S, Se) 2 (CIGS) for photovoltaic …

Controllable double gradient bandgap strategy enables high efficiency solution‐processed kesterite solar cells

Y Zhao, S Chen, M Ishaq, M Cathelinaud… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The double gradient bandgap absorber has the potential to enhance carrier collection,
improve light collection efficiency, and make the performance of solar cells more …

Nanostructured binary and ternary metal sulfides: synthesis methods and their application in energy conversion and storage devices

P Kulkarni, SK Nataraj, RG Balakrishna… - Journal of Materials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal sulfides, known as being analogous to metal oxides, have emerged as a new class of
materials for energy conversion and/or storage applications due to their low cost and high …

Alkali Metal Doping for Improved CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

W Zhao, Z Yao, F Yu, D Yang, S Liu - Advanced science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Organic–inorganic hybrid halide perovskites are proven to be a promising semiconductor
material as the absorber layer of solar cells. However, the perovskite films always suffer from …

The current status and future prospects of kesterite solar cells: a brief review

X Liu, Y Feng, H Cui, F Liu, X Hao… - Progress in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Kesterite‐based solar cells are attracting considerable attention in recent years, owing to the
reduced toxicity and greater abundance of their constituent elements. In this brief review, we …

Doping and alloying of kesterites

YE Romanyuk, SG Haass, S Giraldo… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Attempts to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar cells by changing the intrinsic
stoichiometry have not helped to boost the device efficiency beyond the current record of …

Development of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) thin film solar cells by physical techniques: A status review

AC Lokhande, RBV Chalapathy, M He, E Jo… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Developments in thin film solar cell technology have attracted major attention in the recent
years due to its capacity to reliably satisfy the required energy needs. Various solar absorber …

Alkali Metals Doping for High‐Performance Planar Heterojunction Sb2S3 Solar Cells

C Jiang, R Tang, X Wang, H Ju, G Chen, T Chen - Solar RRL, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sb2S3 as a stable light harvesting material has received increasing attention for solar cell
applications. To improve the device efficiency, much effort has been put into the materials …

Critical review on sputter-deposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) based thin film photovoltaic technology focusing on device architecture and absorber quality on the solar cells …

S Zhuk, A Kushwaha, TKS Wong… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Thin film photovoltaic Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (copper zinc tin sulfide or CZTS) is one of the
most promising sustainable solar cell absorber material. The CZTS absorber layer …