Environment-friendly copper-based chalcogenide thin film solar cells: status and perspectives

T Amrillah, A Prasetio, AR Supandi, DH Sidiq… - Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper chalcogenides (CuCh) have attracted considerable attention due to their promising
potential as environmental-friendly photoactive material for lightweight and flexible thin film …

Light Emission Mechanisms in CuInS2 Quantum Dots Evaluated by Spectral Electrochemistry

AS Fuhr, HJ Yun, NS Makarov, H Li, H McDaniel… - ACS …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Luminescent CuInS2 (CIS) quantum dots (QDs) exhibit highly efficient intragap emission
and long, hundreds-of-nanoseconds radiative lifetimes. These spectral properties, distinct …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering CIGS grains qualities to achieve high efficiency in ultrathin Cu (InxGa1− x) Se2 solar cells with a single-gradient band gap profile

H Li, F Qu, H Luo, X Niu, J Chen, Y Zhang, H Yao… - Results in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Reducing the Cu (In x Ga 1− x) Se 2 (CIGS) thickness is an effective way to reduce
the material use and increase manufacturing throughput. However, it is still a challenge to …

Effects of substrate orientation and solution movement in chemical bath deposition on Zn (O, S) buffer layer and Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin film solar cells

J Li, L Huang, J Hou, X Wu, J Niu, G Chen, J Gong… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With a colloid aggregation process, chemical bath deposited (CBD) Zn (O, S) thin films
always consist of many particles or clusters on the surface and their removal is a long …

Investigation of molybdenum dopant effect on ZnS thin films: Chemical composition, structural, morphological, optical and luminescence surveys

A Jrad, M Naouai, S Ammar, N Turki-Kamoun - Materials science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Zinc sulfide (ZnS) thin films are prepared by chemical bath deposition (CBD) method on
glass substrates. The effect of molybdenum (Mo) doping concentration on chemical …

Ultrafast wavelength-dependent carrier dynamics related to metastable defects in Cu (In, Ga) Se2 solar cells with chemically deposited Zn (O, S) buffer layer

WJ Lee, DH Cho, JM Bae, ME Kim, J Park, YD Chung - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells were fabricated with a Zn (O, S) buffer layer
via chemical bath deposition method (CBD) using different thiourea (TU) mole …

Reactively sputtered Zn (O, S) buffer layers for controlling band alignment of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin-film solar cell interface

DH Cho, WJ Lee, ME Kim, K Kim, JH Yun… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Buffer layers in Cu (In, Ga) Se 2 (CIGS) solar cells are highly preferable to be
vacuum-compatible and use non-toxic materials not only for the film but also for the …

Thermally evaporated amorphous InZnO thin film applicable to transparent conducting oxide for solar cells

WJ Lee, DH Cho, Y Do Kim, MW Choi, JC Choi… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, amorphous InZnO (a-IZO) film gets recognition for the possibility as a
transparent conducting oxide (TCO) layer with outstanding its optical and electrical …

Effects of Ammonia‐Induced Surface Modification of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 on High‐Efficiency Zn(O,S)‐Based Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Solar Cells

J Li, Y Ma, G Chen, J Gong, X Wang, Y Kong, X Ma… - Solar Rrl, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐treatment of Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS) surfaces, as an efficient way to improve the
performance of CIGS solar cells, has received increasing attention in recent years. To …

Impact of light soaking on absorber and buffer layer in thin film solar cells

A Kumar, P Ranjan - Applied Physics A, 2020 - Springer
Light soaking in thin film solar cells shows both beneficial and detrimental impact on
efficiency depending upon the absorber–buffer pair. We here numerically simulated the …