Progress and perspectives of thin film kesterite photovoltaic technology: a critical review

S Giraldo, Z Jehl, M Placidi… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The latest progress and future perspectives of thin film photovoltaic kesterite technology are
reviewed herein. Kesterite is currently the most promising emerging fully inorganic thin film …

A progress review on the modification of CZTS (e)-based thin-film solar cells

HS Nugroho, G Refantero, NLW Septiani… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for energy in recent decades due to rapid industrial and population
growth has resulted in a heavy dependence on non-renewable energy which leads to …

Ag, Ti dual-cation substitution in Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 induced growth promotion and defect suppression for high-efficiency solar cells

XY Chen, M Ishaq, N Ahmad, R Tang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The existence of various detrimental defects inside the absorber layer is a major obstacle
limiting the performance of kesterite Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin-film solar cells …

Defects passivation by solution-processed titanium doping strategy towards high efficiency kesterite solar cells

U Farooq, UA Shah, M Ishaq, JG Hu, S Ahmed… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of kesterite Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) thin films solar cells is limited
mainly because of the two technical bottlenecks, including multilayer crystallization in non …

Critical review on sputter-deposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) based thin film photovoltaic technology focusing on device architecture and absorber quality on the solar cells …

S Zhuk, A Kushwaha, TKS Wong… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Thin film photovoltaic Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (copper zinc tin sulfide or CZTS) is one of the
most promising sustainable solar cell absorber material. The CZTS absorber layer …

Improving the Performance of Solution-Processed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Photovoltaic Materials by Cd2+ Substitution

J Fu, Q Tian, Z Zhou, D Kou, Y Meng… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Additional elements in the Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe) absorber layers can play a crucial
role in improving the performance of thin film solar cells. In this paper, a significant …

Potential role of kesterites in development of earth‐abundant elements‐based next generation technology

KS Gour, V Karade, P Babar, J Park, DM Lee… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se) 4 (CZTSSe)‐based kesterite thin films have received growing
attention in a wide variety of fields due to their suitable physico‐chemical asset nano‐and …

Defect suppression in multinary chalcogenide photovoltaic materials derived from kesterite: progress and outlook

Q Tian, SF Liu - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The performance of many emerging multinary chalcogenides for photovoltaic (PV)
applications has been considerably inferior to the Shockley–Queisser limit, and one of the …

Band Tail Engineering in Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin-Film Solar Cells with 11.8% Efficiency

MG Gang, SW Shin, MP Suryawanshi… - The journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a facile process, ie, controlling the initial chamber pressure during the
postdeposition annealing, to effectively lower the band tail states in the synthesized CZTSSe …

Effects of Thermochemical Treatment on CuSbS2 Photovoltaic Absorber Quality and Solar Cell Reproducibility

FW de Souza Lucas, AW Welch… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
CuSbS2 is a promising nontoxic and earth-abundant photovoltaic absorber that is
chemically simpler than the widely studied Cu2ZnSnS4. However, CuSbS2 photovoltaic …