Crystallographic Aspects of Cu2ZnSnS4 CZTS

Beginning with an overview and historical background of Copper Zinc Tin Sulphide CZTS technology, subsequent chapters cover properties of CZTS thin films, different preparation methods of CZTS thin films, a comparative study of CZTS and CIGS solar cell, computational approach, and future applications of CZTS thin film solar modules to both ground mount and rooftop installation. The semiconducting compound CZTS is made up earth abundant, low cost and non toxic elements, which make it an ideal candidate to replace Cu In,Ga Se2 CIGS and CdTe solar cells which face material scarcity and toxicity issues. The device performance of CZTS based thin film solar cells has been steadily improving over the past 20 years, and they have now reached near commercial efficiency levels 10 . These achievements prove that CZTS based solar cells have the potential to be used for large scale deployment of photovoltaics. With contributions from leading researchers from academia and industry, many of these authors have contributed to the improvement of its efficiency, and have rich experience in preparing a variety of semiconducting thin films for solar cell