reviewAdvanced MaterialsFeb 14, 2019HYBRID OA

Progress and Perspectives of Thin Film Kesterite Photovoltaic Technology: A Critical Review

SGSergio GiraldoZJZacharie Jehl Li‐KaoMPMarcel PlacidiVIVíctor Izquierdo‐RocaAPA. Pérez-Rodrı́guez

Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya · Universitat de Barcelona

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Abstract The latest progress and future perspectives of thin film photovoltaic kesterite technology are reviewed herein. Kesterite is currently the most promising emerging fully inorganic thin film photovoltaic technology based on critical raw‐material‐free and sustainable solutions. The positioning of kesterites in the frame of the emerging inorganic solar cells is first addressed, and the recent history of this family of materials briefly described. A review of the fast progress achieved earlier this decade is presented, toward the relative slowdown in the recent years partly explained by the large open‐circuit voltage ( V OC ) deficit recurrently observed even in the best solar cell devices in the…

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  • Kesterite
  • Photovoltaic system
  • Materials science
  • Nanotechnology
  • CZTS
  • Engineering physics
  • Terabit
  • Thin film
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