Kesterite solar tech uses copper, zinc, tin, and sulfur, avoiding lead, delivering safer panels and a path to lower costs.
A research team in Egypt has proposed a new architecture for kesterite solar cells using a copper oxide hole transport layer and optimized configuration. The simulated device had a maximum efficiency ...
UNSW’s Professor Xiaojing Hao (middle right) holding the record-breaking kesterite solar cell. Image: UNSW. In January 2025, a group of scientists and engineers from the University of New South Wales ...
Engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) have claimed to have achieved a new world record for photovoltaic efficiency using high-bandgap kesterite solar cells (CZTS). The ...
Researchers in China and Malaysia simulated a new structure for copper zinc tin sulphide (CZTS) cells featuring a tungsten oxide buffer layer and a back surface field kesterite layer. A device ...
The Solar Underdog That Could Rival Perovskite explores the potential of kesterite solar cells as a competitive alternative ...
Thin film solar cells represent a promising avenue towards cost-effective and sustainable photovoltaic energy conversion. These devices utilise semiconductor layers with thicknesses in the order of ...
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