A Deep Dive into Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Solar Cells: A Review of Exploring Roadblocks, Breakthroughs, and Shaping the Future

UA Shah, A Wang, M Irfan Ullah, M Ishaq, IA Shah… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Renewable energy is crucial for sustainable future, and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) based solar
cells shine as a beacon of hope. CZTS, composed of abundant, low‐cost, and non‐toxic …

Back and front contacts in kesterite solar cells: state-of-the-art and open questions

C Platzer-Björkman, N Barreau, M Bär… - Journal of Physics …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We review the present state-of-the-art within back and front contacts in kesterite thin film
solar cells, as well as the current challenges. At the back contact, molybdenum (Mo) is …

Effect of post annealing thermal heating on Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells processed by sputtering technique

MF Sanchez, TG Sanchez, M Courel, O Reyes-Vallejo… - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, a detailed study of the effect of thermal treatment (hot plate) on a
Mo/CZTS/CdS/i-ZnO/ITO solar cell was carried out, which promotes the diffusion of the Cd …

XPS analysis and structural characterization of CZTS thin films deposited by one-step thermal evaporation

S Ahmadi, N Khemiri, A Cantarero, M Kanzari - Journal of Alloys and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Earth abundant and non-toxic CZTS films were grown by one-step thermal evaporation from
as prepared and calcined powders followed by a sulfurization process at 400° C. 400° C. X …

Anisotropic photoresponse investigation of chemical vapor transport (CVT) grown quaternary Cu2ZnSnS4 single crystals

AB Hirpara, SH Chaki, AJ Khimani… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
The single crystals of quaternary transition metal chalcogenide Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) are
grown by a closed system chemical vapor transport technique. The high purity individual …

Defect Engineering for Efficient Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells via Moisture‐Assisted Post‐Deposition Annealing

H Sun, J Huang, TL Young, J Cong, J Li… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sulfide kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cells, containing earth‐abundant and
environmentally benign constituents, are regarded as promising candidates for thin‐film …

[HTML][HTML] Energy level alignment and nanoscale investigation of a-TiO2/Cu-Zn-Sn-S interface for alternative electron transport layer in earth abundant Cu-Zn-Sn-S solar …

N Nisika, K Kaur, K Arora, AH Chowdhury… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Efficiency of earth abundant and pure sulfide kesterite Cu-Zn-Sn-S (CZTS) solar cell has
been stagnant around 9.4% for years, while its counterpart Cu-In-Ga-Se (CIGS) reports an …

A comparative study on generation and recombination process of kesterite CZTS based thin film solar cells for different designs

M Abderrezek, ME Djeghlal - Optik, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a comparative study on generation and recombination process in different
CZTS designs has been carried out in which their performances and band alignment are …

Structural and optical properties of CZTS nanoparticles prepared by a colloidal process

R Aruna-Devi, M Latha, S Velumani… - Rare Metals, 2021 - Springer
This research presents the influence of copper (Cu) concentration on the properties of
copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by a colloidal method …

Manipulating the Distributions of Na and Cd by Moisture‐Assisted Postdeposition Annealing for Efficient Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

H Sun, J Huang, A O'Neill, JS Yun, TL Young… - Solar …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Effectively incorporating alkali metals or alternative isovalent cations into Cu2ZnSnS4
(CZTS) is considered one of the most promising strategies for realizing a step‐change …