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Sulfide and selenide-based flexible and semitransparent solar cells for building integrated photovoltaics
Journal
Sulfide and Selenide Based Materials for Emerging Applications: Sustainable Energy Harvesting and Storage Technology
Date Issued
2022-01-01
Author(s)
Banerjee, Amit
Sarkar, Aatreyee
Shukla, Shobha
Saxena, Sumit
Banerjee, Aditya
Guchhait, Asim
Lawaniya, Raghavendra
Kumar, Avishek
Dalapati, Goutam Kumar
Abstract
Semiconductor materials based on Copper chalcogenides, also called kesterites, such as copper-zinc-tin-sulfide (Cu2ZnSnS4, CZTS), copper-zinc-tin-selenide (Cu2ZnSnSe4, CZTSe), and copper-zinc-tin-sulfide-selenide (Cu2ZnSn(S,Se)4, CZTSSe) are promising light absorbing materials for the next generation flexible and semitransparent thin film solar cells with protentional application in building integrated photovoltaics, among various other. These materials are environmentally friendly, earth abundant and can be synthesized easily using solution-based techniques (sol-gel spin coating, chemical bath deposition, spray coating) and physical vapor deposition (sputter, thermal evaporation). Thin film solar cells with kesterite absorbers can be efficiently integrated on patterned glass substrates for semitransparent solar cells for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications and holds enormous potential for large scale commercial application. This review chapter explores recent development with comprehensive discussion on materials, design, device integration and future perspectives with wide literature-survey and analysis on sulfide and selenide-based semitransparent and flexible solar cells for smart window applications.
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