Insights into kesterite's back contact interface: A status review

V Karade, A Lokhande, P Babar, MG Gang… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recently, kesterite-based thin film solar cells (TFSCs) gained significant attention in the
photovoltaic (PV) sector for their elemental earth abundancy and low toxicity. The emerging …

A review on the numerical modeling of CdS/CZTS-based solar cells

A Haddout, A Raidou, M Fahoume - Applied physics A, 2019 - Springer
CZTS thin-film is now one of the most promising materials for the sustainable absorption of
solar cells. Recently, there has been interest in enhancing efficiency and reducing costs of …

Modification of Back Contact in Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cell by Inserting Al-Doped ZnO Intermediate Layer

X Lu, B Xu, X Qin, Y Chen, P Yang… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The optimization of back contact interface is crucial to improve the performance of
Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells. In this paper, we first employ Al-doped ZnO (AZO) …

Systematic review of molybdenum disulfide for solar cell applications: Properties, mechanism and application

AD Al-Ghiffari, NA Ludin, ML Davies, RM Yunus… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) has received much interest due to its revolutionary
development and advantageous properties; particularly in its configurable bandgap that can …

Elucidating the role of interfacial MoS2 layer in Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells by numerical analysis

MT Ferdaous, SA Shahahmadi, P Chelvanathan… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of transition metal dichalcogenide, MoS 2 interfacial layer formation
between the Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) absorber layer and Mo back contact in a conventional …

Enhancement of the conversion efficiency of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cell through the optimization of some device parameters

AD Adewoyin, MA Olopade, M Chendo - Optik, 2017 - Elsevier
One major factor affecting the performance of the kesterite Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film
solar cell is its low open circuit voltage (V oc) which is often due to increased series …

[HTML][HTML] Physical and electrical properties of molybdenum thin films grown by DC magnetron sputtering for photovoltaic application

H Rashid, KS Rahman, MI Hossain, AA Nasser… - Results in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
DC magnetron sputtering was utilized to grow thin layers of molybdenum (Mo) on top of
soda lime glass substrates. Deposition power was varied for suitable characteristics of films …

Inhibiting MoS2 formation by introducing a ZnO intermediate layer for Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells

W Li, J Chen, H Cui, F Liu, X Hao - Materials Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
A 10 nm ZnO layer have been employed as an intermediate layer between absorber and
back contact in Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 thin film solar cells prepared by sulfurization of the metallic …

Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 thin film solar cells by a facile DMF-based solution coating process

F Liu, S Shen, F Zhou, N Song, X Wen… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films were fabricated using a low-cost and
environmentally friendly route from a dimethylformamide (DMF) solution of a metal–thiourea …

Optoelectronics Simulation of CIGS-Based Solar Cells Using a Cd-Free Nontoxic ZrSxSe2−x as a Novel Buffer Layer

M Moustafa, T Al Zoubi, S Yasin - Brazilian Journal of Physics, 2022 - Springer
In this work, we investigate the performance of CIGS-based thin-film solar cells employing
the SCAPS-1D simulation package. The paper is mainly devoted to the development of the …