Analysis of manufacturing cost and market niches for Cu<sub>2</sub>ZnSnS<sub>4</sub>(CZTS) solar cells
Ao Wang, Nathan L. Chang, Kaiwen Sun, Chaowei Xue, Renate Egan, Jianjun Li, Chang Yan, Jialiang Huang, Hui Rong, C. R. T. Ramsden, Xiaojing Hao
Abstract
The manufacturing costs of CZTS with different substrates, major cost drivers, and cost reduction strategies are analyzed. Potential market niches of CZTS products and techno-economic requirements for CZTS commercialization are explored.
Topics & Concepts
CZTSCommercializationNicheBusinessCost reductionEcological nicheSolar cellNiche marketIndustrial organizationMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsMarketingEcologyBiologyHabitatChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesCopper-based nanomaterials and applications