A comprehensive device modeling of solid state dye sensitized solar cell with SCAPS-1D

Azizi, Tarek; Toujeni, Hanen; Karoui, M. Ben; Gharbi, R.

doi:10.1109/sta.2019.8717282

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“…Doping affects the degree of semiconductor characteristics in two ways. The presence of doping atoms introduces motion impedance, impeding the free movement of charge carriers and consequently limiting their overall mobility within the material [18,46,47]. Dopants are classified into two types: donor and acceptor.…”

Section: Effect Of Active Layer Mobility and Doping Density On Cell P...mentioning

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Performance Evaluation of Modified Zinc-Phthalocyanine Groups as an Active Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Nowsherwan,

Anwar

et al. 2023

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The increasing demand for energy and electricity and the depletion of fossil fuels are global problems. In recent years, dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) technologies have gained notoriety for their application in solar energy. DSSCs are considered a promising alternative renewable energy source to both inorganic and organic photovoltaic (PV) cells. Many types of dyes are being investigated to enhance the light-harvesting properties of DSSCs, but the actual realization of these absorbers in cell structure requires optimum parameters. The main aim of this study was to simulate proposed zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPC)-based structures to validate their design, assess their performance for commercial implementation, and optimize the cell parameters for optimum efficiency. To that end, Scaps-1D was employed to evaluate the performance of DSSCs to determine their optimum parameters. We found that ZnPC and isopropoxy ZnPC molecules outperform others molecules because of better optoelectronic properties. Several other parametric effects, such as photoactive layer thicknesses, doping densities, trap densities, and charge carrier mobilities, were also evaluated to observe their impact on device performance. The results show that moderate thickness, low defect density, moderate doping, and charge carrier mobility are favorable for better device performance due to low recombination losses, electrical losses, and better transport of charge carriers. The utmost power conversion efficiency values found for ZnPC- and ZnPC: PC70BM-based DSSCs after optimization were 9.50% and 9.81%. This paper also suggests a practical method for efficiently using DSSC cells by modifying factors that are significantly reliant on DSSC performance and output.

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Section: Effect Of Active Layer Mobility and Doping Density On Cell P...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Performance Evaluation of Modified Zinc-Phthalocyanine Groups as an Active Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Nowsherwan,

Anwar

et al. 2023

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“…Recently, simulation has been a great tool for optimizing and analyzing the performance of e cient solar cells. In this study, we operate solar cell capacitance simulator structures in 1 dimension (SCAPS-1D) which is a one-dimensional simulator tool for solar cell devices developed by ELIS, University of Gent, and can be used freely by PV eld researchers [16,17].SCAPS simulator can solve the Poisson and continuity equations of electron and holes.The equations are: (d 2 /dx 2 ) Ψ(x) = e/ε 0 ε r p(x)-n(x) + N D -N A + ρ p -ρ n (1) (dJ n /dx) = G -R and (dJ p / dx) = G -R (2) J n = Dn (dn/dx) + µ n n (dΦ/dx) (3) J p = Dp (dp / dx) + µ p p (dΦ/dx) (4) where Ψ(x) is the electrostatic potential, e is electrical charge, ε r is the relative and ε 0 is the vacuum permittivity, n and p are electron and hole concentrations, respectively, N A is acceptor type and N D is charged impurities of donor, ρ n and ρ p are electron and hole volume density, G is generation rate and R is recombination rate [18][19][20]. SCAPS-1D solves the above equations and calculates all point quasi-Fermi level and electrostatic potential for electrons and holes [21].…”

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Efficiency enhancement of thin film solar cell by implementation of double–absorber and BSF layers: the effect of thickness and carrier concentration

Ziabari

Mousavi

2022

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A Back–Surface Field (BSF) CIGS multilayer solar cell structure is simulated by SCAPS–1D in which, a CZTSSe layer is added between BSF and CIGS layers as a second absorber layer. To achieve the best performance for the proposed structure, the thickness of different layers and the related carrier concentration varied. The 1 µm and 0.5 µm thickness for CZTSSe and CIGS leads to the best performance of the device. The optimum thickness for the rest of layers is also calculated. The effect of the carrier concentration on the performance of the proposed solar cell is also studied. After optimization, a solar cell with a privilege power conversion efficiency of 35.1% was achieved.

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“…The effect of band gap on the various solar cell characteristics has been examined since the band gap of a perovskite absorber is a significant parameter [52,53]. In this study the band gap is adjusted from 1.2eV to 2.0eV.…”

Section: Effect Of the Bandgap Of The Absorber Layermentioning

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Numerical Analysis of CsSnGeI<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Solar Cells Using SCAPS-1D

Thomas¹

2021

IJEPE

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Recently, organic-inorganic perovskite-based solar cells have become promising devices due to their unique properties in the photovoltaic field. However, the factor of toxicity, stability, high production cost and complicated fabrication processes of these devices is a challenge to their progress in commercial production. Here a numerical modelling of Caesium Tin-Germanium Tri-Iodide (CsSnGeI 3 ) as an efficient perovskite light absorber material is carried out. In this paper, different inorganic Hole Transport Materials (HTMs) such as Cu 2 O, CuI, CuSbS 2 , CuSCN and NiO have been analyzed with C 60 as the Electron Transport Material (ETM). We intend to replace the conventional hole and electron transport materials such as TiO 2 and Spiro-OMeTAD which have been known to be susceptible to light induced degradation. Moreover, the influence of the Electron Transport Layer (ETL) and the perovskite layer properties, bandgap, doping concentration and working temperature for various Hole Transport Layers (HTL) on the overall cell performance have been rigorously investigated. The design of the proposed PSC is performed utilizing SCAPS-1D simulator and for optimum device an efficiency greater than 30% was obtained. The results indicate that CsSnGeI 3 and C 60 are viable candidates for use as an absorber layer and electron transport layer in high-efficiency perovskite solar cells, with none of the drawbacks that other PSCs have.

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A comprehensive device modeling of solid state dye sensitized solar cell with SCAPS-1D

Cited by 12 publications

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Performance Evaluation of Modified Zinc-Phthalocyanine Groups as an Active Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Performance Evaluation of Modified Zinc-Phthalocyanine Groups as an Active Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Efficiency enhancement of thin film solar cell by implementation of double–absorber and BSF layers: the effect of thickness and carrier concentration

Numerical Analysis of CsSnGeI<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Solar Cells Using SCAPS-1D

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A comprehensive device modeling of solid state dye sensitized solar cell with SCAPS-1D

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Performance Evaluation of Modified Zinc-Phthalocyanine Groups as an Active Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Performance Evaluation of Modified Zinc-Phthalocyanine Groups as an Active Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Efficiency enhancement of thin film solar cell by implementation of double–absorber and BSF layers: the effect of thickness and carrier concentration

Numerical Analysis of CsSnGeI&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; Perovskite Solar Cells Using SCAPS-1D

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Numerical Analysis of CsSnGeI<sub>3</sub> Perovskite Solar Cells Using SCAPS-1D