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Towards a promising systematic approach to the synthesis of CZTS solar cells

This study aims to enhance the CZTS device's overall efficiency, the key research area has been identified in this study is to explore the effects of a novel, low-cost, and simplified, deposition method to improve the optoelectronic properties of the buffer layer in the fabrication of CZTS thin...

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Autores principales: Najm, A. S., Al-Ghamdi, Azza, Amin, Majdi T., Al Ghamdi, Ahmed, Moria, Hazim, Holi, Araa Mebdir, Abed, Azher M., AL-Zahrani, Asla Abdullah, Sopian, K., Bais, Badariah, Sultan, Abbas J.
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10507019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37723193
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42641-w
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author Najm, A. S.
Al-Ghamdi, Azza
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Al Ghamdi, Ahmed
Moria, Hazim
Holi, Araa Mebdir
Abed, Azher M.
AL-Zahrani, Asla Abdullah
Sopian, K.
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Sultan, Abbas J.
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description This study aims to enhance the CZTS device's overall efficiency, the key research area has been identified in this study is to explore the effects of a novel, low-cost, and simplified, deposition method to improve the optoelectronic properties of the buffer layer in the fabrication of CZTS thin film solar cells. Herein, an effective way of addressing this challenge is through adjusting the absorbers' structure by the concept of doping, sensitized CdS thin film by the bi-functional linker, and an environmentally friendly catalytic green agent. The Linker Assisted and Chemical Bath Deposition (LA-CBD) method was introduced as an innovative and effective hybrid sensitization approach. In the one-step synthesis process, Salvia dye, Ag, and 3-Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) were used. Generally, the results for all samples displayed varying bandgap as achieved between (2.21–2.46) eV, hexagonal structure with considerably decreased strain level, broader grain size, and dramatically enhanced crystalline property. Hence, the rudimentary CdS/CZTS solar cell devices were fabricated for the application of these novel CdS films. Preliminary CZTS thin film solar cell fabrication results in the highest conversion efficiency of 0.266% obtained CdS + Salvia dye, indicating the potential use of the CdS films as a buffer layer for CZTS photovoltaic devices.
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spelling pubmed-105070192023-09-20 Towards a promising systematic approach to the synthesis of CZTS solar cells Najm, A. S. Al-Ghamdi, Azza Amin, Majdi T. Al Ghamdi, Ahmed Moria, Hazim Holi, Araa Mebdir Abed, Azher M. AL-Zahrani, Asla Abdullah Sopian, K. Bais, Badariah Sultan, Abbas J. Sci Rep Article This study aims to enhance the CZTS device's overall efficiency, the key research area has been identified in this study is to explore the effects of a novel, low-cost, and simplified, deposition method to improve the optoelectronic properties of the buffer layer in the fabrication of CZTS thin film solar cells. Herein, an effective way of addressing this challenge is through adjusting the absorbers' structure by the concept of doping, sensitized CdS thin film by the bi-functional linker, and an environmentally friendly catalytic green agent. The Linker Assisted and Chemical Bath Deposition (LA-CBD) method was introduced as an innovative and effective hybrid sensitization approach. In the one-step synthesis process, Salvia dye, Ag, and 3-Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA) were used. Generally, the results for all samples displayed varying bandgap as achieved between (2.21–2.46) eV, hexagonal structure with considerably decreased strain level, broader grain size, and dramatically enhanced crystalline property. Hence, the rudimentary CdS/CZTS solar cell devices were fabricated for the application of these novel CdS films. Preliminary CZTS thin film solar cell fabrication results in the highest conversion efficiency of 0.266% obtained CdS + Salvia dye, indicating the potential use of the CdS films as a buffer layer for CZTS photovoltaic devices. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-09-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10507019/ /pubmed/37723193 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42641-w Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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AL-Zahrani, Asla Abdullah
Sopian, K.
Bais, Badariah
Sultan, Abbas J.
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title_short Towards a promising systematic approach to the synthesis of CZTS solar cells
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42641-w
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