Electron and hole transport layers optimization by numerical simulation of a perovskite solar cell
By F. Azri, A. Meftah, N. Sengouga, A. Meftah. Solar Energy, 2019
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Abstract In this paper an n-i-p perovskite solar cell was studied using SCAPS simulator. The primary solar cell’s structure is FTO/ITO/Perovskite/PEDOT:PSS/Au which has achieved a power conversion efficiency of η ∼ 13.94%. In order to enhance its performance, several materials were suggested as electron and hole transport layers (ETL and HTL). Among the proposed ETL materials it was found that Zinc oxide (ZnO) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are the most adequate materials. For the HTL materials, among the proposed materials Copper (I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) forms the appropriate one. Also, the solar cell performance was improved by optimizing the absorber thickness which was found to be 1 µm. With these considerations the power conversion efficiency reached 25.02%. In addition, the detrimental effect of defects at the perovskite/TiO2 interface on the solar cell performance is also presented.
Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics
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- Performance optimization of CH3NH3Pb(I1-xBrx)3 based perovskite solar cells by comparing different ETL materials through conduction band offset engineering (2020, methodology): “In another work [26], the performance of MAPbI3 perovskite absorber has been evaluated for different ETL and HTL materials, where the effect of defect density on PSC performance was investigated.”
- Numerical Investigation Energy Conversion Performance of Tin-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Using Cell Capacitance Simulator (2020, methodology): “Simulation parameters for different ETL and HTL materials are obtained from published articles (see [14,18,19,24,25] (for ETL materials) and [14,19,21,25] (for HTL materials)), as listed in Tables 2 and 3, respectively.”