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KESTERITE SOLAR CELLS

High voltage, please!

Nature Energy volume 2, pages 840–841 (2017)Cite this article

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Kesterite solar cells are low-cost alternatives for photovoltaics, based only on abundant metals, but they exhibit limited voltages. A new wide-gap kesterite solar cell provides a much higher voltage at a good efficiency.

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Fig. 1: Voltage and efficiency of kesterite solar cells.

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