Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation
Thin-film solar cells are cheap, and their production is also straightforward, but there is a need to increase the efficiency of these solar cells. In this work, two absorber layers, antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) and copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS), are used to enhance solar cell performance, and the pe...
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| description | Thin-film solar cells are cheap, and their production is also straightforward, but there is a need to increase the efficiency of these solar cells. In this work, two absorber layers, antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) and copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS), are used to enhance solar cell performance, and the performance is analyzed using SCAPS-1D software. The presence of an additional absorber layer (CZTS) affects the performance of various parameters such as shallow acceptor density, radiative recombination coefficient, and total defect density. A detailed study of the junction characteristics such as I–V and C–V, energy band gap, generation, and recombination rate are also analyzed. By increasing the thickness of the CZTS layer, efficiency was also increased. Maximum efficiency of 36.32% was achieved when the Sb2Se3 and CZTS absorber layer thicknesses were 0.4 μm and 1.6 μm, respectively (under AM 1.5 G illumination). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-65c0cbdde69242f685fa02dfb782fd702022-12-22T02:26:05ZengElsevierJournal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices2468-21792022-06-0172100445Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation Mamta0K.K. Maurya1V.N. Singh2Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India; Indian Reference Materials (BND) Division, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, IndiaAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India; Indian Reference Materials (BND) Division, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India; Corresponding author. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, IndiaAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, India; Indian Reference Materials (BND) Division, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, 110012, India; Corresponding author. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002, IndiaThin-film solar cells are cheap, and their production is also straightforward, but there is a need to increase the efficiency of these solar cells. In this work, two absorber layers, antimony selenide (Sb2Se3) and copper zinc tin sulfide (CZTS), are used to enhance solar cell performance, and the performance is analyzed using SCAPS-1D software. The presence of an additional absorber layer (CZTS) affects the performance of various parameters such as shallow acceptor density, radiative recombination coefficient, and total defect density. A detailed study of the junction characteristics such as I–V and C–V, energy band gap, generation, and recombination rate are also analyzed. By increasing the thickness of the CZTS layer, efficiency was also increased. Maximum efficiency of 36.32% was achieved when the Sb2Se3 and CZTS absorber layer thicknesses were 0.4 μm and 1.6 μm, respectively (under AM 1.5 G illumination).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468217922000296Sb2Se3CZTSCdSDual absorber layerSCAPS |
| spellingShingle | Mamta K.K. Maurya V.N. Singh Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices Sb2Se3 CZTS CdS Dual absorber layer SCAPS |
| title | Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation |
| title_full | Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation |
| title_fullStr | Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation |
| title_short | Sb2Se3/CZTS dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36.32 % efficiency: A numerical simulation |
| title_sort | sb2se3 czts dual absorber layer based solar cell with 36 32 efficiency a numerical simulation |
| topic | Sb2Se3 CZTS CdS Dual absorber layer SCAPS |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468217922000296 |
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