Route towards low cost-high efficiency second generation solar cells: current status and perspectives

Enhancing the Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell efficiency by back contact modification: Inserting a thin TiB2 intermediate layer at Cu2ZnSnS4/Mo interface

(2014) Fangyang Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Alternative back contacts in kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S1-xSex)4 thin film solar cells

(2014) G. Altamura et al.   Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

ZnSe Etching of Zn-Rich Cu2ZnSnSe4: An Oxidation Route for Improved Solar-Cell Efficiency

(2013) Simón López-Marino et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

The state and future prospects of kesterite photovoltaics

(2013) Alex Polizzotti et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Optical designs that improve the efficiency of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4solar cells

(2013) Mark T. Winkler et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Study of the junction and carrier lifetime properties of a spray-deposited CZTS thin-film solar cell

(2013) Malkeshkumar Patel et al.   SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Technological status of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 thin film solar cells

(2013) Carolin M. Fella et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Secondary phases dependence on composition ratio in sprayed Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films and its impact on the high power conversion efficiency

(2013) O. Vigil-Galán et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

On the formation mechanisms of Zn-rich Cu2ZnSnS4 films prepared by sulfurization of metallic stacks

(2013) Andrew Fairbrother et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Why are kesterite solar cells not 20% efficient?

(2013) Susanne Siebentritt   THIN SOLID FILMS

Device Characteristics of CZTSSe Thin-Film Solar Cells with 12.6% Efficiency

(2013) Wei Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Inhibiting the absorber/Mo-back contact decomposition reaction in Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells: the role of a ZnO intermediate nanolayer

(2013) Simón López-Marino et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Novel Solution Processing of High-Efficiency Earth-Abundant Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4Solar Cells

(2012) Wenbing Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Direct evidence of current blocking by ZnSe in Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells

(2012) Jörn Timo Wätjen et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Control of an interfacial MoSe2 layer in Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin film solar cells: 8.9% power conversion efficiency with a TiN diffusion barrier

(2012) Byungha Shin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Structural, optical and electrical properties of spray-deposited CZTS thin films under a non-equilibrium growth condition

(2012) M Patel et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Development of a Selective Chemical Etch To Improve the Conversion Efficiency of Zn-Rich Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells

(2012) Andrew Fairbrother et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A Detrimental Reaction at the Molybdenum Back Contact in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin-Film Solar Cells

(2012) Jonathan J. Scragg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 films and devices

(2012) Ingrid Repins et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell prepared entirely by non-vacuum processes

(2012) Qinmiao Chen et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Beyond 11% Efficiency: Characteristics of State-of-the-Art Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4Solar Cells

(2012) Teodor K. Todorov et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Kesterite Successes, Ongoing Work, and Challenges: A Perspective From Vacuum Deposition

(2012) Ingrid L. Repins et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Structural and elemental characterization of high efficiency Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells

(2011) Kejia Wang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Device characteristics of a 10.1% hydrazine-processed Cu2ZnSn(Se,S)4 solar cell

(2011) D. Aaron R. Barkhouse et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Thin film solar cell with 8.4% power conversion efficiency using an earth-abundant Cu2ZnSnS4absorber

(2011) Byungha Shin et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

What limits the efficiency of chalcopyrite solar cells?

(2011) Susanne Siebentritt   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

The path towards a high-performance solution-processed kesterite solar cell

(2011) David B. Mitzi et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Progress towards marketable earth-abundant chalcogenide solar cells

(2011) Teodor Todorov et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

High-Efficiency Solar Cell with Earth-Abundant Liquid-Processed Absorber

(2010) Teodor K. Todorov et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Loss mechanisms in hydrazine-processed Cu2ZnSn(Se,S)4 solar cells

(2010) Oki Gunawan et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Ex situSn diffusion: a well-suited technique for enhancing the photovoltaic properties of a SnS absorber layer

(2010) T H Sajeesh et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Materials Availability Expands the Opportunity for Large-Scale Photovoltaics Deployment

(2009) Cyrus Wadia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Precursors' order effect on the properties of sulfurized Cu2ZnSnS4thin films

(2009) P A Fernandes et al.   SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Effect of Cu/(Zn+Sn) ratio on the properties of co-evaporated Cu2ZnSnSe4 thin films

(2009) G. Suresh Babu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Thermally evaporated thin films of SnS for application in solar cell devices

(2009) Robert W. Miles et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Enhanced Conversion Efficiencies of Cu2ZnSnS4-Based Thin Film Solar Cells by Using Preferential Etching Technique

(2008) Hironori Katagiri et al.   Applied Physics Express

New routes to sustainable photovoltaics: evaluation of Cu2ZnSnS4as an alternative absorber material

(2008) Jonathan J. Scragg et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Development of CZTS-based thin film solar cells

(2008) Hironori Katagiri et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS

Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells from electroplated precursors: Novel low-cost perspective

(2008) A. Ennaoui et al.   THIN SOLID FILMS