Nontoxic and earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin film solar cells: A review on high throughput processed methods

S Chander, SK Tripathi, I Kaur, AK De - Materials Today Sustainability, 2024 - Elsevier
Photovoltaics is one of the most well-known sustainable technologies to supply all of the
world's energy needs due to its enduring nature and lack of pollution. CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si …

Recent progress in solar cells based on carbon nanomaterials

MA Deshmukh, SJ Park, BS Hedau, TJ Ha - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The enormous demand for energy and the simultaneous exhaustion of fossil fuels have led
to thorough research on energy-related technologies. In this regard, the high-efficiency of …

Effects of ion migration and improvement strategies for the operational stability of perovskite solar cells

Y Zhao, WK Zhou, Z Han, D Yu, Q Zhao - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The fundamental factor affecting the stability of perovskite solar cells, ion migration, has
been reviewed, which is found to be closely related to the degradation of perovskite solar …

Synthesis and characterization of solution processed p-SnS and n-SnS2 thin films: Effect of starting chemicals

F Aslan, F Arslan, A Tumbul, A Goktas - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This study represents the investigation of earth-abundant and non-toxic SnS absorber and
SnS 2 buffer layer materials by using a green solution process. Some physical properties of …

Enhancing crystalline/optical quality, and photoluminescence properties of the Na and Sn substituted ZnS thin films for optoelectronic and solar cell applications; a …

A Goktas, A Tumbul, Z Aba, A Kilic, F Aslan - Optical Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Zinc sulphide (ZnS) is one of the most important semiconductor for the optoelectronic
devices. It is generally used as a buffer layer in highly efficient Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 solar cells …

Highly stable ethanol-based Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) low-cost thin film absorber: effect of solution aging

A Tumbul, F Aslan, A Goktas, MZ Zarbali… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aging is an important factor that can affect the grain size, surface morphology and optical
band gap of the thin films. Especially, it is thought that these important parameters will have …

Improving the performance of solution-based CZTSSe absorber by selenization annealing with selenium powder in argon

Y Wei, K Zhou, X Meng, X Sun, Z Ma, Z Li… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the low toxicity and abundance of nature, Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) has been
considered as a promising solar cell material. The absorber is the most critical structure in a …

Characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films deposited by one-step thermal evaporation for a third generation solar cell

E Peksu, H Karaagac - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, one-step thermal evaporation was employed for the fabrication of phase-pure
CZTS thin films on glass substrates from single crystalline Cu-poor ingot grown by Bridgman …

[PDF][PDF] Single-step electrochemical deposition of CZTS thin films with enhanced photoactivity

H Borate, A Bhorde, A Waghmare, S Nair… - ES Materials & …, 2020 - espublisher.com
The CZTS thin films have been deposited on Mo coated corning glass substrate via single-
step electrodeposition technique followed by post-annealing treatment at 550 C for 10 min in …

Tailoring the electrical properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film by heterovalent Al3+ doping

L Su, J Xu - Ceramics International, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Kesterite Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin film is an attractive photovoltaic material.
Harmful vacancy and anti-site defects in CZTS can be reduced by equivalent doping …