Formation pathway of high-efficiency kesterite solar cells fabricated through molecular ink chemistry
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This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreements number 866018 (SENSATE) and 101151487 (LEKPV); by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation projects number PCI2023-145971-2 (ACT-FAST) from the CETP-Partnership Program 2022, PID2022-140226OB-C31 and 32 (INNO-PV), and PID2023-148976OB-C41 (CURIO-CITY); by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (project number 2019YFE0118100) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project number 22075150); and by the Cost Association project number CA-21148 (Renew-PV). This work is also part of Maria de Maeztu Units of Excellence Programme CEX2023-001300-M / funded by MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033. The authors from UPC and IREC belong to the Micro and Nanotechnologies for Solar Energy Group (MNTSolar) Consolidated Research Group of the “Generalitat de Catalunya” (2021 SGR 01286). K.S. acknowledges the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE230100021) and support from the Australian Centre of Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) as a recipient of the ACAP Fellowship (RG172864-B). ZJL acknowledges the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation for the Ramon y Cajal Fellowship (RYC2021-033239-I). S.G. thanks the Serra Húnter program. X. H. acknowledges the financial support of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship (FT190100756). E.S. acknowledges the ICREA Academia program.
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