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Silver sulfide thin film solar cells: materials, fabrication methods, devices, and challenges

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Simultaneous cation substitution and rear interface engineering strategies for highly efficient CZTSSe-based solar cells

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Strategies for back contact engineering in high-performance flexible kesterite solar cells

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Regulating Hetero‐Nucleation Enabling Over 14% Efficient Kesterite Solar Cells

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2D Ti3C2-MXene Serving as Intermediate Layer between Absorber and Back Contact for Efficient CZTSSe Solar Cells

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 55652
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Ag,Cd double gradient doping at front interface for high efficiency CZTSSe solar cells

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Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 503, 158123
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Unraveling the Effect of Compositional Ratios on the Kesterite Thin-Film Solar Cells Using Machine Learning Techniques

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Crystals, 2023, 13, 1581
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Crown Ether-Assisted Colloidal ZnO Window Layer Engineering for Efficient Kesterite (Ag,Cu)2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells

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Improving the performance of solution-based CZTSSe absorber by selenization annealing with selenium powder in argon

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Recent advancements and challenges in perovskite, thin-film, and tandem solar cell technologies

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Interface‐Centric Strategies in Kesterite Solar Cells: Addressing Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions for Efficient Solar‐Harvesting Technologies

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8.36% Efficient CZTS Solar Cells on Transparent Electrode via Solution Processing

Hongkun Liu, Yize Li, Aoqi Xu, Xinyu Li, Chunxu Xiang, Sifan Zhou, Shaoying Wang, Weibo Yan and Hao Xin

Solar RRL, 2024, 8
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High-throughput screening of ternary and quaternary chalcogenide semiconductors for photovoltaics

Md Habibur Rahman and Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi

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Mitigating Over-Selenization in AgInS2(Se) via Cationic Stoichiometry Engineering for High-Performance Near Infrared Photodetectors

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Nanoscale Cu2ZnSnSxSe(4−x) (CZTS/Se) for Sustainable Solutions in Renewable Energy, Sensing, and Nanomedicine

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Synergistic optimization of bulk defects and back contact in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cells via inducing the heavy-rare-earth erbium ions

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Bifacial Chalcogenide Thin‐Film Solar Cells: Concepts, Challenges, and Opportunities

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Solar RRL, 2025, 9
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Fostering Charge Carrier Transport and Absorber Growth Properties in CZTSSe Thin Films with an ALD-SnO2 Capping Layer

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Controlling the physicochemical and optoelectronic properties of novel quaternary chalcogenide CuSbSnS₃ using different sulphurizing agents

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Ionics, 2026
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Simulation of novel CFTS solar cells with SCAPS-1D software

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12.86% Efficient Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Thin Film Solar Cells via Inkjet Printing with 2‐Methoxyethanol‐Based Air‐Stable Precursor Ink

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Regulating SnZn defects and optimizing bandgap in the Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 absorption layer by Ge gradient doping for efficient kesterite solar cells

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Selenization post-treatment Ag-alloyed Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 films for enhancing photovoltaic performance of solar cells

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12.3% Efficient Low Voc Loss Pure Sulfide Kesterite Solar Cells from DMSO Solution via Cadmium Alloying

Xiangyu Pan, Xinyu Li, Yuntian Yang, Chunxu Xiang, Aoqi Xu, Hongkun Liu, Weibo Yan, Wei Huang and Hao Xin

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13
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Atomic layer deposition processed interlayers in photovoltaics: Applications, challenges and perspectives

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Boosting the open-circuit voltage of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 solar cell by Cd/NH3 soaking

Yujiao Ma, Yuzhou Sun, Zihan Zhang, Haokai Zhao, Haifeng Gao, Qing Zhou, Wenbo Li, Xiaoyun Teng, Chao Gao and Wei Yu

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Tailoring Li assisted CZTSe film growth under controllable selenium partial pressure and solar cells

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The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2024, 161
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Insight into the Role of Rb Doping for Highly Efficient Kesterite Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells

Chang Miao, Yingrui Sui, Yue Cui, Zhanwu Wang, Lili Yang, Fengyou Wang, Xiaoyan Liu and Bin Yao

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Integrating theoretical and experimental approaches to unveil the mechanical properties of CuSbSe2 thin films

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Controlling back-contact interface behavior in efficient CZTSSe solar cells via regulating the selenization reaction kinetics

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Germanium Selenide: A Critical Review on Recent Advances in Material Development for Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Water‐Splitting Applications

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Solar RRL, 2023, 7
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Efficient window layer modification enabling the remarkable FF and efficiency improvement of kesterite solar cell

Dongliang Ding, Yali Sun, Wenbo Li, Yuzhou Sun, Ridong Cong, Zhongrong Wang, Chao Gao and Wei Yu

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 497, 155050
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An interfacial modification strategy of gold nanoparticles to enhance the performance of Kesterite solar cells

Xinghuan Hu, Shuying Liao, Qiaogang Song, Xiaoge Zhang, Guimei Jin, Xingliang Wang, Yi Huang, Chi Yang and Shurong Wang

Solar Energy, 2026, 303, 114157
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Nanophotonic engineering of CZTSSe thin-film solar cells for near-unity absorption and enhanced efficiency

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Suppressing Element Inhomogeneity Enables 14.9% Efficiency CZTSSe Solar Cells

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Interface‐Engineered Band Alignment and Defect Passivation Enabling 13.64% Efficient Inkjet‐Printed CZTSSe Solar Cells

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Sustainability-Driven Advances in Kesterite Solar Cells: Strategies, Challenges, Future Directions

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Suppressing back-interface recombination in CZTSSe solar cells via SiO 2 nanoparticle-induced discrete local contacts

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Synergistic Effect of Ag, Sb Dual‐Cation Substitution on Cu2ZnSn (S, Se)4 High‐Efficiency Solar Cells

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Improving surface and bulk crystallinities of Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 films simultaneously by finely adjusting the chemical state of S in precursor films

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Solvent Engineering‐Enabled Surface Defect Passivation in Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4 Solar Cells with Low Open‐Circuit Voltage Losses and Improved Carrier Lifetime

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ChemSusChem, 2025, 18
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Research on the influence of interfacial modification with silver nanoparticles on kesterite thin-film solar cells

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Kesterite Films Processed with Organic Solvents: Unveiling the Impact of Carbon‐Rich Fine‐Grain‐Layer Formation on Solar‐Cell Performance

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An Effective Precursor‐Solutioned Strategy for Developing Cu2ZnSn(S, Se)4 Thin Film Toward High Efficiency Solar Cell

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Boosting Kesterite Solar Cell Performance with Tantalum Oxide Passivation Layer and In Situ Formed Point Contacts

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Solar RRL, 2024, 8
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The impact of surface treatment on Al foil for Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films

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J Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 2024, 35
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An efficient alkali metal doping strategy via Se&MF co-selenization method to achieve high-efficiency CZTSSe thin-film solar cells

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