Current Status of the Open-Circuit Voltage of Kesterite CZTS Absorber Layers for Photovoltaic Applications-Part I, a Review

Iulian Boerasu; Bogdan Stefan Vasile

doi:10.3390/ma15238427

Current Status of the Open-Circuit Voltage of Kesterite CZTS Absorber Layers for Photovoltaic Applications-Part I, a Review

Materials (Basel). 2022 Nov 26;15(23):8427. doi: 10.3390/ma15238427.

Authors

Iulian Boerasu^{1

2}, Bogdan Stefan Vasile²

Affiliations

¹ Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Atomistilor 409, 077125 Magurele, Romania.
² National Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica from Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.

Abstract

Herein, based on the reviewed literature, the current marketability challenges faced by kesterite CZTS based-solar cells is addressed. A knowledge update about the attempts to reduce the open circuit voltage deficit of kesterite CZTS solar cells will be addressed, with a focus on the impact of Cu/Zn order/disorder and of Se doping. This review also presents the strengths and weaknesses of the most commercially attractive synthesis methods for synthesizing thin kesterite CZTS films for photovoltaic applications.

Keywords: CZTS; open circuit voltage; solar cell.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.