Tableau 2

Synthesis methods for CZTS solar cells.

Synthesis method Chalcogen and method η (%) I sc V oc FF
of insertion (mA/cm2) (mV) (%)

Spin-coating of metal-chalcogen colloids in a hydrazine solution, 540 °C S, Se (in the colloids) 10.1 [14] 31 517 64
thermal treatment [14, 29, 64, 130, 131] S/(S + Se)  ~  0.4 10.1 [29] 39 423 62
S/(S + Se)  ~  0.03

Coevaporation of metals and Se, three-stage process [73] Se during coevaporation, 9.15 [73] 37.4 377 65
40 Å/s

Coevaporation of metals and cracked S on low-temp Pure sulfur, 8.4 [72] 19,5 661 66
(150 °C substrate) followed by 5 min anneal coevaporated. Mix of
at 570 °C at atmospheric pressure [72, 120] coevaporated S and
Coevaporation of metals followed by 540 °C with S, Se (7.5%) [121]
5 min [94, 103]

Monograin solar cells with S/Se gradient[74] CZTSe monograin 7.4 [74] 18.4 720 60
(~50 μm), SnS2
annealing causing a
0.1–2 μm S diffusion.

Monograin cells [19, 23, 76, 132] S0,75, Se0,25 [76] 7.3 [23] 19.9 696 58

Sequential electrodeposition [71, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141] 585 °C in S/N2 7.3 [71] 22 567 58
for 12 min

Blade-coating of CZTS nanoparticles in hexanethiol. S in the colloids, Se thermal treatment 6.7 [142] 30.4 420 52
Best efficiency (7.2%) after light-soaking. 6.8% (20 min 500 °C) 6.8 [25] 21.5 640 49
with Cu2ZnSn0.3Ge0.7(S0.5, Se

Cosputtering of ZnS, SnS, Cu [13, 65] 3 h at 580 °C with H2S 6.7 17.9 610 62

Stacked deposition of ZnS (sputtering) / 30 min in Se atmosphere 6.0 31.5 390 49
Cu (evaporation) / Sn (evaporation) [106]

Stacks of evaporated metals [17, 113], 6.1% Sulfurization 5.8 15.8 618 60
with Cd buffer, 5.8 with Cd-free buffer.
Variation with evaporation of ZnS, Sn, Cu [100]

Open-Atmosphere Chemical Vapor Deposition (OA-CVD). 520–560 °C for three hours 6.0 16.5 658 55
Spray pyrolysis of metal-oxide precursors [143] in 5 vol% H2S
balanced with N2.

Coevaporation of Cu, Zn, Sn, Se [98] Thermal treatment in 5.4 20.0 497 54
the presence of Sn and S

Sol-gel : metals and sulfur in ethanol [144] Annealing under N2 + H2S 5.1 18.9 517 53
(5%) atmosphere at
530 °C for 30 min

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