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JIANG Feng, LI Lintao, FENG Kuang, WANG Kang, HUANG Dingwang. Compound Semiconductor Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells and Artificial Photosynthesis for Hydrogen Production[J]. Journal of South China Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2020, 52(6): 1-9. DOI: 10.6054/j.jscnun.2020086
Citation: JIANG Feng, LI Lintao, FENG Kuang, WANG Kang, HUANG Dingwang. Compound Semiconductor Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells and Artificial Photosynthesis for Hydrogen Production[J]. Journal of South China Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2020, 52(6): 1-9. DOI: 10.6054/j.jscnun.2020086
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Compound Semiconductor Cu2ZnSnS4 Solar Cells and Artificial Photosynthesis for Hydrogen Production

  • Institute of Semiconductor Science and Technology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

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  • Received Date: May 06, 2020
  • Available Online: January 04, 2021
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  • Solar energy, a kind of clean energy inexhaustible and scattered over the world, will become an important part of new clean energy in the future. At present, in addition to solar photovoltaic power generation, there are also some other ways of using solar energy such as turning solar energy into chemical energy through artificial photosynthesis and producing hydrogen by decomposing water with semiconductors. Cu2ZnSnS4 is a compound semiconductor photovoltaic material that is cost-effective and environment-friendly and has excellent performance in photovoltaic power generation. It is also a suitable material for producing hydrogen through solar water splitting. Some typical achievements regarding the Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cell and solar water splitting devices in the past several years are introduced.
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