Enhancing the value of environment-friendly CZTS compound for next generation photovoltaic device: A review

T Amrillah - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) is considered a solar cell material alternative to CuInGaSe 2
(CIGS); they have almost the same performance; except for power conversion efficiency …

Photovoltaic efficiencies of microwave and Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) superstrate solar cells

ST Yussuf, KC Nwambaekwe, ME Ramoroka… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic and inorganic materials such as perovskites, copper indium gallium diselenide,
cadmium telluride, and copper zinc tin sulfide/selenide (CZTS/Se) have been employed to …

Numerical analysis of CZTS/n-Si solar cells using SCAPS-1D. A comparative study between experimental and calculated outputs

A Houimi, SY Gezgin, B Mercimek, HŞ Kılıç - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CZTS (Cu 2 ZnSnS 4) is a p-type semiconductor material which has been
intensively used as an absorbing layer for thin film solar cells. Using pulsed laser ablation+ …

Dependence of CZTS thin film properties and photovoltaic performance on heating rate and sulfurization time

MA Olgar, S Erkan, R Zan - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, effect of heating rate and sulfurization time on the properties of CZTS thin films
and their photovoltaic performances was investigated. CZTS layers were prepared by a two …

Performance evaluation of WS2 as buffer and Sb2S3 as hole transport layer in CZTS solar cell by numerical simulation

MNH Riyad, A Sunny, MM Khatun… - Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study reports on performance enhancement of a Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell introducing
Sb2S3 as hole transport layer (HTL) along WS2 as buffer layer. We have investigated …

Numerical prediction on the photovoltaic performance of CZTS‐based thin film solar cell

AT Abir, A Joy, BK Mondal, J Hossain - Nano select, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This article presents an enormously effective Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS)‐based n‐ZnS/p‐CZTS/p+‐
WSe2 thin film solar cell. The device has been studied by varying the thickness, doping …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Fabricated Cu2Zn SnS4 (CZTS) nanoparticles as an additive in P3HT: PCBM active layer for efficiency improvement of polymer solar cell

EM Mkawi, Y Al-Hadeethi, RS Bazuhair… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We report the fabrication of copper zinc tin sulfide, Cu 2 ZnSnS 4, nanoparticles by a
solvothermal method. We synthesized a polymer matrix-based organic hybrid photovoltaic …

Enhancement in photovoltaic performance of CZTS Thin-film solar cells through varying stacking order and sulfurization time

MA Olgar - Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2022 - Springer
The CZTS samples were produced by a two-stage method, which includes deposition of Cu,
Sn, Zn, and ZnS layers using magnetron sputtering to obtain CuSn/Zn/Cu and CuSn/ZnS/Cu …

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 …