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. 2025 Sep 8;16:8240. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63345-x

Fig. 4. The past, present, and future of CZTSSe solar cells.

Fig. 4

Initial device optimizations led to a PCE of 12.6% in 2014. Recent advances, especially in the suppression of VOC loss due to bandgap fluctuations and Urbach tails, combined with suppression of some defects and defect clusters has enabled a PCE of 15%. Future improvements will rely on suppressing non-radiative recombination through synergistic alloying and addressing the recombination at grain boundaries and interfaces.