Computational analysis of temperature effects on solar cell efficiency

Hossain, Mohammad Ismail; Bousselham, Abdelkader; Alharbi, Fahhad H.; Tabet, Nouar

doi:10.1007/s10825-017-1016-5

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“…Electrical properties were measured using Lakeshore 8400 Hall Effect Measurement System. The numerical analysis has been carried out using 1D-solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) software [39,40,41]. The analysis was carried out using material optical properties as measured through experiments (bandgap, absorption coefficient, carrier mobility, carrier concentration) of the samples prepared in this work while other parameters like electron affinity, density of states, dielectric permittivity and thermal velocity were extracted from relevant literature [15,17].…”

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E-beam evaporated hydrophobic metal oxide thin films as carrier transport materials for large scale perovskite solar cells

Hossain

Zakaria

Zikri

et al. 2020

Materials Technology

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E-beam evaporated hydrophobic metal oxide thin films as carrier transport materials for large scale perovskite solar cells

Hossain

Zakaria

Zikri

et al. 2020

Materials Technology

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“…3 (a-f). An increase in temperature is beneficial for solar cell outcomes as it causes an increase in charge carriers; however, it limits to a certain extent because increased temperature affects the transport of charge carriers 24 [19], [20]. As the temperature increases, the VOC of the solar cell decreases, resulting in a decrease in cell efficiency.…”

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Simulation of p-CdTe and n-TiO2 Heterojunction Solar Cell Efficiency

Chougale¹,

Shelke²,

Prasad³

et al. 2023

JCMM

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This study presents a numerical analysis of p-type CdTe and n-type TiO2 heterojunction solar cells. The simulations were conducted using SCAPS-1D software to investigate the effects of varying the thickness of the p-type CdTe layer, the temperature, and the band gap on the efficiency of the solar cell. The results show that the efficiency of the solar cell increases from 16.81% to 18.28% as the thickness of the p-type CdTe layer is varied from 1.0 to 5.0 µm and decreases from 17.95% to 11.67% as the temperature is varied from 300 K to 400 K. The efficiency also increases from 15.29% to 19.26% as the band gap is varied from 1.40 eV to 1.55 eV. For the p-CdTe/n-TiO2 heterojunction solar cell, the optimized absorber layer thickness is 3 µm, and the optimized temperature and band gap are 300 K and 1.5 eV, respectively. At these optimized parameters, the highest efficiency (ⴄ) % achieved was 17.95%, with a VOC of 0.766 V, JSC of 27.75 mA/cm2, and FF of 84.39%. These results provide theoretical guidelines for fabricating efficient p-CdTe/n-TiO2 heterojunction solar cells.

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“…While numerous publications globally, including those in Australia, have explored monofacial and bifacial tandem perovskite solar cells 12 – 18 , ongoing research actively addresses the pursuit of stability, simplified structures, and enhanced light management 19 – 21 . Notably, recent innovations like the bifacial tandem solar cell developed by the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) 22 with a conversion efficiency of 30.2%, highlight the potential of bifacial structures in achieving superior performance. However, the complexity and cost associated with fabricating such structures present significant challenges, including lattice matching, current continuity, band structure alignment, and management of photo-generated carrier tunneling between junctions 23 – 33 .…”

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Enhanced efficiency of bifacial perovskite solar cells using computational study

Hossain,

Chelvanathan,

Khandakar

et al. 2024

Sci Rep

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The most rapidly expanding type of solar cells are the Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs), because of its high device performance, ease of synthesis, high open-circuit voltage, and affordability. Despite these advantages, the development of perovskite-based solar cells continues to be impeded by the issues with perovskite stability and the utilization of the hazardous heavy element lead (Pb). The study emphasizes on the bifacial structure that maintains the conventional absorber layer and electron transport layer (ETL) in the optimized PSC structure. This study employs SCAPS software for device simulation to comprehensively analyze how various parameters affect the performance of solar cells. Additionally, doping concentration variation in both ETL and HTL are explored. The simulation reveals that changing device structure from monofacial to bifacial significantly influences PSC performance, demonstrating that optimizing individual layers effectively enhances overall solar cell performance. The optimized structure achieves impressive PSC performance metrics through parametric analysis, such as voltage (VOC) of 1.18 V, fill factor (FF) of 82.24%, current density (JSC) of 27.12 mA/cm2, power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 27.90% for an incident solar spectrum from the ETL side, and power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 19.86% for an incident solar spectrum from the HTL side, the calculated bifaciality factor (BF) for this structure is 71.18%.

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Computational analysis of temperature effects on solar cell efficiency

Cited by 14 publications

References 52 publications

E-beam evaporated hydrophobic metal oxide thin films as carrier transport materials for large scale perovskite solar cells

E-beam evaporated hydrophobic metal oxide thin films as carrier transport materials for large scale perovskite solar cells

Simulation of p-CdTe and n-TiO2 Heterojunction Solar Cell Efficiency

Enhanced efficiency of bifacial perovskite solar cells using computational study

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