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Screening of suitable cationic dopants for solar absorber material CZTS/Se: A first principles study [PDF]

, 2019
The earth abundant and non-toxic solar absorber material kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S/Se)(4) has been studied to achieve high power conversion efficiency beyond various limitations, such as secondary phases, antisite defects, band gap adjustment and ...
A Furmanchuk, A Luque, A Luque, AD Saragih, B Ananthoju, B Xu, BR Pamplin, C Dun, C Xiao, CHL Goodman, D Han, D Tiwari, D Tiwari, G Kresse, G Kresse, H Cui, H Niu, I Campus, J Haines, J Heyd, J Li, JJ Scragg, JP Perdew, JS Seol, JS Ward, JV Li, K Ito, M Bernardi, M Yuan, M Yuan, MI Amal, S Chen, S Chen, S Lany, S Sahayaraj, S Sahayaraj, S Tajima, S Zhang, T Gokmen, V Kumar, VI Anisimov, W Wang, X Zhang, YS Lee, Z Su, Z-Y Zhao   +45 more
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Performance evaluation of WS2 as buffer and Sb2S3 as hole transport layer in CZTS solar cell by numerical simulation

Engineering Reports, 2023
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 photovoltaic (PV) characteristics by utilizing SCAPS‐1D.
Md. Nur Hossain Riyad, Adil Sunny, Most. Marzia Khatun, Sabrina Rahman, Sheikh Rashel Al Ahmed   +4 more
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Comparative device performance of CZTS solar cell with alternative back contact

Materials Letters: X, 2021
In this study we report the comparative study of CZTS/CdS solar cell device with two different back contacts. The device configuration of ITO/CZTS/CdS and Ni/CZTS/CdS are fabricated and characterized.
Atul Kumar, Ngangbam Phalguni Singh, Arunmetha Sundaramoorthy   +2 more
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Influence of reaction conditions on the properties of solution-processed Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystals [PDF]

, 2014
Cu2ZnSnS4 nanocrystals were fabricated by hot injection of sulphur into a solution of metallic precursors. By careful control of the reaction conditions it was possible to control the elemental composition of the nanocrystals such that they are suitable ...
Beattie, Neil, Miles, Robert, Qu, Yongtao, Zoppi, Guillaume   +3 more
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Computational and experimental characterizations of annealed Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

Heliyon, 2022
We report on the synthesis and characterization of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films prepared at different annealing temperatures using the sol-gel method and deposited on glass substrates using the immersing method.
Ahmad A. Ahmad, A.B. Migdadi, Ahmad M. Alsaad, I.A. Qattan, Qais M. Al-Bataineh, Ahmad Telfah   +5 more
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Impact of molybdenum out diffusion and interface quality on the performance of sputter grown CZTS based solar cells

Scientific Reports, 2017
We have investigated the impact of Cu2ZnSnS4-Molybdenum (Mo) interface quality on the performance of sputter-grown Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) solar cell. Thin film CZTS was deposited by sputter deposition technique using stoichiometry quaternary CZTS target ...
Goutam Kumar Dalapati, Siarhei Zhuk, Saeid Masudy-Panah, Ajay Kushwaha, Hwee Leng Seng, Vijila Chellappan, Vignesh Suresh, Zhenghua Su, Sudip Kumar Batabyal, Cheng Cheh Tan, Asim Guchhait, Lydia Helena Wong, Terence Kin Shun Wong, Sudhiranjan Tripathy   +13 more
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Emerging Next Generation Solar Cells Route to High Efficiency and Low Cost [PDF]

, 2017
Generation of clean energy is one of the main challenges of the 21st century. Solar energy is the most abundantly available renewable energy source which would be supplying more than 50 of the global electricity demand in 2100.
Mahmood, Dr Zahid Hasan, Rashid, Dr M. Junaebur, Sadek, Md Samiul Islam   +2 more
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Macroscopic versus microscopic photovoltaic response of heterojunctions based on mechanochemically prepared nanopowders of kesterite and n-type semiconductors

Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics, 2017
Mechanochemically prepared nanopowder of selenium-free kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) in combination with n-type semiconductors, i.e., CdS, ZnO and TiO2, was tested in planar and bulk-heterojunction solar cells.
O.P. Dimitriev, D.O. Grynko, A.M. Fedoryak, T.P. Doroshenko, M. Kratzer, C. Teichert, Yu.V. Noskov, N.A. Ogurtsov, A.A. Pud, P. Balaz, M. Balaz, M. Tesinsky   +11 more
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Investigation of absorber and heterojunction in the pure sulphide kesterite

Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio, 2021
This paper aims to study the properties of the absorber layer and the heterojunction in kesterite solar cells. The Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films were layered on a glass substrate from a colloidal solution of metal salts and thiourea dissolved in a mixture ...
Charif Tamin, Denis Chaumont, Olivier Heintz, Remi Chassagnon, Aymeric Leray, Nicolas Geoffroy, Maxime Guerineau, Mohamed Adnane   +7 more
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Effect of calcination temperature on the properties of CZTS absorber layer prepared by RF sputtering for solar cell applications

Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2017
In present work, we report synthesis of nanocrystalline Kesterite copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS) films by RF magnetron sputtering method. Influence of calcination temperature on structural, morphology, optical, and electrical properties has been ...
Sachin Rondiya, Avinash Rokade, Ashok Jadhavar, Shruthi Nair, Madhavi Chaudhari, Rupali Kulkarni, Azam Mayabadi, Adinath Funde, Habib Pathan, Sandesh Jadkar   +9 more
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