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Interfacial engineering to improve Cu2ZnSnX4 (X = S, Se) solar cell efficiency

APL Materials, 2019
Interfacial properties between metal back contacts and solar cell absorbers play important roles in determining efficiencies, but studies of such properties in CZTS and CZTSe based solar cells are quite lacking from theoretical aspects.
H. J. Gu, J.-H. Yang, S. Y. Chen, H. J. Xiang, X. G. Gong   +4 more
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Understanding the Effects of Post-Deposition Sequential Annealing on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ Thin Films

Surfaces, 2023
Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films have been synthesized by employing two magnetron-sputtering depositions, interlaced with two sequential post-deposition heat treatments in low vacuum, Sn+Se and Se–rich atmospheres at 550 °C.
Diana-Stefania Catana, Mohamed Yassine Zaki, Iosif-Daniel Simandan, Angel-Theodor Buruiana, Florinel Sava, Alin Velea   +5 more
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Improving Defect Passivation and Crystallization in CZTS Solar Cells on FTO Substrates via Multilayer Precursor Stacking and Sulfurization

International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This study investigates the effect of multilayer metallic precursor stacking on the structural and photovoltaic properties of Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films fabricated on fluorine‐doped tin oxide (FTO) substrates via postsulfurization evaporation. By increasing the number of Sn/Zn/Cu stacking layers while maintaining a constant total metal thickness ...
Shou-Yi Kuo, Jui-Fu Yang, Kuo-Jen Lin, Fang-I Lai, Ahmad Azmin Mohamad   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards high-efficiency cztse solar cells through the optimization of the p-MoSe2 interfacial layer

, 2021
This paper reports the impact of the p-MoSe2 transition metal dichalcogenide as an interfacial layer between the CZTSe absorber and Mo back contact in the CZTSe solar cells. Here, the solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) is employed.
AlZoubi, Tariq, Yasin, Shadi, Moghrabi, Ahmad, Waar, Ziad Abu, Moustafa, Mohamed   +4 more
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Vapor-Phase Incorporation of Ge in CZTSe Absorbers for Improved Stability of High-Efficiency Kesterite Solar Cells

Applied Sciences, 2022
We report an approach to incorporate Ge into Cu2ZnSnSe4 using GeSe vapor during the selenization step of alloyed metallic precursors. The vapor incorporation slowly begins at T ≈ 480 °C and peaks at 530 °C, resulting in a Ge-based composition shift ...
David Nowak, Talat Khonsor, Devendra Pareek, Levent Gütay   +3 more
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Spray‐Pyrolyzed Kesterite Based CZTS (Cu2ZnSnS4) Thin Films: Structural, Optical, and Compositional Analysis for Photovoltaic Applications

International Journal of Energy Research, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) absorber material has been widely investigated in recent years due to several beneficial qualities such as earth‐abundant, nontoxic, tunable band gap, and large absorption coefficient. The CZTS absorber layers were fabricated on a soda lime glass (SLG) substrate by nonvacuum spray pyrolysis technique at various deposition times ...
Mimi Mondal, Afrina Sharmin, Md. Rakib Hasan, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Md. Salahuddin Mina, Mohamed Zbair   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

SOLEY: A Package for Optical and Extended Detailed Balance Model for Photovoltaic Device Simulation

Solar RRL, Volume 9, Issue 24, December 2025.
SOLEY is a graphical user interface (GUI)‐based simulation package for photovoltaic cells. It combines optical modeling using the Transfer Matrix Method, and device modeling using an extension of the detailed balance model, which considers various recombination mechanisms, including Shockley–Read–Hall.
Zacharie Jehl Li‐Kao
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon-electrode monolithic tandem solar cell: Integrating lead-free double perovskite and kesterite absorbers for enhanced photovoltaic performance

Next Materials
Kesterite-based tandem solar cells (TSCs) offer a promising route toward high-efficiency and environmentally safer photovoltaics, but their performance is constrained by current matching, interfacial recombination, charge transport and contact losses. In
Ehsanul Ferdous, Abdul Khaleque, Md. Sayed Hasan Rifat, Uttam Paul   +3 more
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Bifacial Chalcogenide Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Concepts, Challenges, and Opportunities

Solar RRL, Volume 9, Issue 24, December 2025.
This review emphasizes the capability of bifacial chalcogenide thin‐film solar cells to capture light from both the front and rear surfaces, thereby enhancing energy yield compared to single‐sided operation. This document delineates essential absorber materials (Cu (In, Ga)Se2, S), CdTe, Cu2ZnSn (S, Se)4, and Sb2(S, Se)3); identifies performance ...
Amanat Ali, Bashiru Kadiri‐English, Dae‐Ho Son, Jaebaek Lee, Jin‐Kyu Kang, Dae‐Kue Hwang, Shi‐Joon Sung, Kee‐Jeong Yang, Dae‐Hwan Kim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the Influence of Annealing Temperature on Properties of CZTSSe Nanocrystals

Advanced Physics Research, Volume 4, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract The burgeoning interest in kesterite materials stems from their promising applications in both charge‐selective materials and photocathodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Kesterites, a complex class of semiconductors, typically contain copper, zinc, tin, and either sulfur or selenium atoms.
Akin Olaleru, Adekoya Olasoji, Adewoyin Kehinde, Mattew Solomon, Ife Elegbeleye, Edwin Mapasha   +5 more
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