Recent progress in CZTS (CuZnSn sulfide) thin-film solar cells: a review

R Paul, S Shukla, TR Lenka, FA Talukdar… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
In the renewable energy sector, solar energy has emerged as a very abundant resource,
which has its implementation from very large-scale industries to household uses. The market …

Preparation of RF sputtered AZO/Cu/AZO multilayer films and the investigation of Cu thickness and substrate effects on their microstructural and optoelectronic …

D Mendil, F Challali, T Touam, V Bockelee… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•AZO/Cu/AZO multilayer films were deposited on glass and quartz substrates by
RF magnetron sputter.•Effects of Cu thickness and substrate on the properties of …

Development of back side technology for light trapping and photon recycling in GaAs solar cells

DN Micha, O Höhn, E Oliva, V Klinger… - Progress in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, we propose and realize three different design strategies to implement an optical
cavity in GaAs thin film solar cells in order to confine its internal luminescence and hence to …

Spatially resolved optoelectronic properties of Al-Doped zinc oxide thin films deposited by radio-frequency magnetron plasma sputtering without substrate heating

E Stamate - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Transparent and conducting thin films were deposited on soda lime glass by RF magnetron
sputtering without intentional substrate heating using an aluminum doped zinc oxide target …

Transparency and room temperature ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic polycrystalline Zn1− xCrxTe non-oxide II-VI semiconductor compounds

A Sarikhani, L Avazpour, W Liyanage, R Florez… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Polycrystalline Zn 1− x Cr x Te samples for x= 0.00, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.18, and 0.20
were synthesized by solid-state reaction, and their physical properties were studied for the …

Lowering the resistivity of aluminum doped zinc oxide thin films by controlling the self-bias during RF magnetron sputtering

E Stamate - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Transparent conducting thin films based on aluminum-doped zinc oxide are regarded as a
viable alternative for low-cost and large-area applications such as solar cells and smart …

RF magnetron sputtering processed transparent conductive aluminum doped ZnO thin films with excellent optical and electrical properties

C Zhao, J Liu, Y Guo, Y Pan, X Hu, G Weng… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Springer
Aluminum doped ZnO thin films (AZO), which simultaneously transmit light and conduct
electrical current, are widely applied in photovoltaic devices. To achieve high performance …

Understanding of mobility limiting factors in solution grown Al doped ZnO thin film and its low temperature remedy

B Mahapatra, S Sarkar - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The solution grown doped ZnO based transparent electrode has shown great potential in
future generation flexible and smart devices due to its abundance in earth, low cost, simple …

Investigation on highly flexible CZTS solar cells using transparent conductive ZnO/Cu/ZnO films

H Li, H Shen, X Zhu, J Zhang, Y Li, H Bai… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transparent conductivity oxide (TCO) films played an essential part in flexible CZTS solar
cells (CSCs), which required excellent transparent conductivity and flexibility of TCO films …

Inducing Efficient Photoelectric Properties at AZO/Ag/AZO Nanomultilayer Films

L Li, S Gao, P Yang - Crystal Growth & Design, 2024 - ACS Publications
We try to induce the efficient optoelectronic properties of Al-doped ZnO (AZO)-based
AZO/Ag/AZO (AAA) nanomultilayer transparent conductive oxide (TCO) films by magnetron …