Cation substitution in earth‐abundant kesterite photovoltaic materials

J Li, D Wang, X Li, Y Zeng, Y Zhang - Advanced Science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising candidate for low‐cost and environmentally friendly thin‐film photovoltaics,
the emerging kesterite‐based Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) solar cells have experienced …

Comprehensive review on material requirements, present status, and future prospects for building-integrated semitransparent photovoltaics (BISTPV)

M Saifullah, J Gwak, JH Yun - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photovoltaics (PV) is a potential alternative to the world's quickly depleting fossil fuel and
can be a mean of curtailing green-house gas emissions as well. In regions in which there is …

Controllable double gradient bandgap strategy enables high efficiency solution‐processed kesterite solar cells

Y Zhao, S Chen, M Ishaq, M Cathelinaud… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The double gradient bandgap absorber has the potential to enhance carrier collection,
improve light collection efficiency, and make the performance of solar cells more …

High-performance perovskite/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 monolithic tandem solar cells

Q Han, YT Hsieh, L Meng, JL Wu, P Sun, EP Yao… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The combination of hybrid perovskite and Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) has the potential for
realizing high-efficiency thin-film tandem solar cells because of the complementary tunable …

Impact of growth temperature on the properties of SnS film prepared by thermal evaporation and its photovoltaic performance

Y Kawano, J Chantana, T Minemoto - Current Applied Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Tin (II) sulfide (SnS) films are one of the most promising absorber materials for high
efficiency solar cells without using rare metals. In this work, SnS films were deposited by the …

Aspects of effectiveness and significance: The use of machine learning methods to study CuIn1-xGaxSe2 solar cells

N Bandaru, MK Enduri, CV Reddy, RR Kakarla - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The goal of this work is to enhance the efficiency of CuIn 1-x Ga x Se 2 (CIGS) thin film solar
cells by investigating the critical factors affecting their device performance and the …

Directional control of a processive molecular hopper

Y Qing, SA Ionescu, GS Pulcu, H Bayley - Science, 2018 - science.org
Intrigued by the potential of nanoscale machines, scientists have long attempted to control
molecular motion. We monitored the individual 0.7-nanometer steps of a single molecular …

Path towards high-efficient kesterite solar cells

D Wang, W Zhao, Y Zhang, SF Liu - Journal of energy chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Kesterite structure semiconductor Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 is one of the most promising
candidate as a light absorber material to overtake the next generation of thin film solar cells …

Effect of annealing treatment on CdS/CIGS thin film solar cells depending on different CdS deposition temperatures

S Lee, ES Lee, TY Kim, JS Cho, YJ Eo, JH Yun… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) is one of the most promising light-absorbing materials. The
high-efficiency CIGS solar cells normally have included a CdS buffer layer deposited by a …

Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells: present status and future prospects

M Jiang, X Yan - Solar Cells—Research and Application …, 2013 - books.google.com
Pollution of the earth and shortage of energy sources have been the bottle-neck of survival
and development for human beings since the start of the 21st century. Therefore, lowering …