Theoretical study on the kesterite solar cells based on Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSn(S,Se)<sub>4</sub> and related photovoltaic semiconductors

Theoretical study on the kesterite solar cells based on Cu₂ZnSn(S,Se)₄ and related photovoltaic semiconductors

Ma Ji-Chao¹, Wei Gao-Feng^{1, †}, Liu Dan-Dan²

(color online) The schematic plot of the cation-mutation from the group IV elemental semiconductors to the group III–V and II–VI binary compound semiconductors, and then to the group II–IV–V₂ and I–III–VI₂ ternary compound semiconductors and the group I–III-IV₂–V₄ and I₂–II–IV–VI₄ quaternary compound semiconductors.^[1,9–13]