Wide band gap chalcogenide semiconductors

R Woods-Robinson, Y Han, H Zhang, T Ablekim… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wide band gap semiconductors are essential for today's electronic devices and energy
applications because of their high optical transparency, controllable carrier concentration …

Historical analysis of high‐efficiency, large‐area solar cells: toward upscaling of perovskite solar cells

SW Lee, S Bae, D Kim, HS Lee - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The status and problems of upscaling research on perovskite solar cells, which must be
addressed for commercialization efforts to be successful, are investigated. An 804 cm2 …

Physics and chemistry of CdTe/CdS thin film heterojunction photovoltaic devices: fundamental and critical aspects

SG Kumar, KSRK Rao - Energy & Environmental Science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Among the armoury of photovoltaic materials, thin film heterojunction photovoltaics continue
to be a promising candidate for solar energy conversion delivering a vast scope in terms of …

Generalized one-pot synthesis of copper sulfide, selenide-sulfide, and telluride-sulfide nanoparticles

PL Saldanha, R Brescia, M Prato, H Li… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Here we report a facile approach to synthesize copper chalcogenide (Cu2–x S, Cu2–x Se y
S1–y and Cu2–x Te y S1–y) nanocrystals without employing hot-injection, at moderate …

Energy band alignment in chalcogenide thin film solar cells from photoelectron spectroscopy

A Klein - Journal of physics: Condensed matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy band alignment plays an important role in thin film solar cells. This article presents
an overview of the energy band alignment in chalcogenide thin film solar cells with a …

Enhancing the efficiency of Cu2Te thin-film solar cell with WS2 buffer layer: a simulation study

SR Al Ahmed, M Rahaman, A Sunny, S Rahman… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the Cd-free tungsten disulfide (WS 2) material as the buffer layer is proposed in
the copper telluride (Cu 2 Te)-based heterojunction solar structure. The Cu 2 Te thin-film …

Low-temperature and effective ex situ group V doping for efficient polycrystalline CdSeTe solar cells

DB Li, C Yao, SN Vijayaraghavan, RA Awni… - Nature Energy, 2021 - nature.com
CdTe solar cell technology is one of the lowest-cost methods of generating electricity in the
solar industry, benefiting from fast CdTe absorber deposition, CdCl2 treatment and Cu …

Controlled synthesis of copper telluride nanostructures for long-cycling anodes in lithium ion batteries

C Han, Z Li, W Li, S Chou, S Dou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Copper telluride nanocubes, nanosheets, and nanoparticles were prepared by a
solvothermal method under the protection of an inert atmosphere. The influence of reaction …

Vibrational and electrical properties of Cu2−xTe films: experimental data and first principle calculations

JU Salmón-Gamboa, AH Barajas-Aguilar… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Vibrational and electrical properties of sputtered films of the copper telluride system are
presented. Despite of its technological importance in photovoltaics, the fundamental …

CdTe Photovoltaics in Superstrate Geometry–Back-Contact Materials: A Review

V Narayanan, R KS - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) and copper–indium–gallium diselenide are the only
commercialized cells among the various thin-film photovoltaic devices. While checking the …