Performance improvement of an ultra-thin film solar cell based on optimized CIGS (Cu(In1-x, Gax)Se2) using appropriate plasmonic nanoparticles

Zarerasouli, Parisa; Bahador, Hamid; Heidarzadeh, Hamid

doi:10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112729

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“…Thus, enhancing the light-harvesting efficiency of the dye is the most effective method to improve the efficiency of DSSCs. LSPR has been applied in various photovoltaic devices, such as organic solar cells (Ike et al, 2022), thin film silicon solar cells (Zarerasouli et al, 2022), quantum dot photovoltaics , and DSSCs (Kaur et al, 2022). LSPR effectively improves the solar conversion efficiency of DSSCs by producing a strong electromagnetic field near the surface of metal nanoparticles and enhancing the light absorption force of the dye in the visible range of wavelengths.…”

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Surface plasmon resonance effects of silver nanoparticles in graphene-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Yang

Deng

et al. 2023

Front. Mater.

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Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) has been applied in photovoltaic devices to improve their photoelectric conversion efficiency. In this study, the mechanism of LSPR in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) was determined. Specifically, silver nanoparticles were formed by evaporating silver in electro-beam equipment and then annealing it in a tube furnace. The sizes of the nanoparticles varied with the changes in their thicknesses during evaporation and annealing. A DSSC-based graphene was designed to consist of different sizes of metal nanoparticles assembled on a cathode electrode. The photon electric performance of the DSSCs, which depended on Ag nanoparticles, was analyzed in detail, with a particular focus on nanoparticle size. Compared with the DSSC without Ag nanoparticles, the DSSC with LSPR exhibited excellent electric current density and incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) performance due to the LSPR effect. The DSSC assembled with 10 nm-thick Ag film and annealed to form nanoparticles exhibited a high IPCE of 70.03%. The IPCE value of this DSSC was 45.15% higher than that of the pure graphene-based DSSC (31.62%). However, Ag nanoparticles increased to a certain degree and became aggregated and concatenated, thereby decreasing the LSPR effect on DSSCs. Therefore, LSPR plays an important role in the photon-electrical performance of DSSCs.

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Surface plasmon resonance effects of silver nanoparticles in graphene-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Yang

Deng

et al. 2023

Front. Mater.

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“…Additionally, it exhibits significant improvements in photovoltaic parameters. The PCE has increased by 19.73%, 34.82%, 45.62%, 30.69%, 70.36%, 36.50%, and 25.94% compared to references [37][38][39][40][41][42][43], respectively. The cell structure demonstrates high PCE and cost advantages.…”

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High-efficiency ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on ITO/Ag/ITO transparent electrodes and photonic crystals

Zhu,

Lin,

Tang

2024

Phys. Scr.

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Ultrathin photovoltaic technology has great potential to improve efficiency and reduce costs. However, achieving optical thickness requires an effective light capture strategy. In this study, for GaAs thin film solar cells with an active layer thickness of 500 nm, we adopt a combination strategy of front-end ITO/Ag/ITO transparent electrodes and back-end photonic crystals (PC). By employing the finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulation, we verify that ITO/Ag/ITO transparent electrodes and AlGaAs PC can effectively enhance the light-harvesting capacity of cells. The proposed cell structure has a spectral absorption rate (SAR) of 0.9781 in the visible wavelength range. To further optimize the photovoltaic performance parameters, we optimize the doping concentration of the pn junction in the cell. Finally, the short circuit current density J s c , open circuit voltage V o c , fill factor (FF) and photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE) of GaAs thin film solar cells are successfully increased to 31.10 mA cm − 2 , 1.28 V , 88.18% and 35.12%, respectively. This provides crucial experimental validation and theoretical guidance for advancing ultra-thin photovoltaic technology.

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“…The absorption spectrum was analyzed using a plane wave light source with a working wavelength range of 300 to 1137 nm, positioned on top of the structure through the FDTD method. The solar spectrum's minimum wavelength and the minimum band gap of the active layers, which was 1.09 eV for CIGS, determined the operation wavelength 22 . The vertical direction had perfectly matched layer (PML) boundary conditions, while the direction of periodicity of the unit cell had periodic boundary conditions to guarantee accuracy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When exploring the generation of photons and the interaction between particles, it's important to take into account the rate of photon generation (Eq. 4 ) and the electric field 22 . …”

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An innovative method of the vertical coupling effect improvement to the tandem Cu(In, Ga)Se2/perovskite solar cells using Ag cluster nanostructures

Zarerasouli,

Aghaei,

Bahador

2024

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The efficiency of double-junction CIGS/Perovskite-based solar cells has significantly improved through recent research. This study presents a new plasmonic structure for these optical devices, utilizing cluster nanostructures to increase photon absorption between 650 and 1137 nm wavelength ranges. The proposed nanostructure includes two vertically coupled silver nanoparticles embedded at the center of the bottom active layer (CIGS) that absorb most of the incoming light to CIGS within the active layer. The electric field produced by the coupling of the nanoparticles has a superior performance. To analyze the effect of nanoparticle coupling on CIGS/Perovskite solar cell performance, evaluated the short-circuit current density and power conversion efficiency for single and cluster nanostructures with a single nanoparticle in the middle of CIGS. The structures with a single nanoparticle displayed Jsc = 16.89 mA cm−2 and PCE = 31.76%, while the cluster nanostructure represents Jsc = 19 mA cm−2 and PCE = 35.81%. Not only did the use of the cluster nanostructure significantly improve absorption and performance compared to the bare case, but it also exhibited a suitable improvement compared to the single nanoparticle.

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Performance improvement of an ultra-thin film solar cell based on optimized CIGS (Cu(In1-x, Gax)Se2) using appropriate plasmonic nanoparticles

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Surface plasmon resonance effects of silver nanoparticles in graphene-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Surface plasmon resonance effects of silver nanoparticles in graphene-based dye-sensitized solar cells

High-efficiency ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on ITO/Ag/ITO transparent electrodes and photonic crystals

An innovative method of the vertical coupling effect improvement to the tandem Cu(In, Ga)Se2/perovskite solar cells using Ag cluster nanostructures

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