Highly Efficient Cadmium telluride Solar Cell with a Thin CuInTe2 Current Booster: Theoretical Insights

被引：1

作者：

Hossain, Md. Sabbir ^{[1
]}

Pappu, Md. Alamin Hossain ^{[1
]}

Mondal, Bipanko Kumar ^{[2
]}

Abir, Ahnaf Tahmid ^{[1
]}

Hossain, Jaker ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rajshahi, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Solar Energy Lab, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh

[2] Pundra Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Bogura 5800, Bangladesh

来源：

ENERGY TECHNOLOGY | 2024年 / 12卷 / 08期

关键词：

Cadmium telluride; CuInTe2; current boosters; high efficiencies; simulations; BACK-SURFACE-FIELD; PERFORMANCE; DESIGN; FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIMULATION; LAYER;

D O I：

10.1002/ente.202400383

中图分类号：

TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];

学科分类号：

0807 ; 0820 ;

摘要：

CdTe-based thin film solar cell has been modeled and enumerated with a thin CuInTe2 (CIT) current booster layer. CdTe-based n-CdS/p-CdTe/p(+)-CIT/p(++)-WSe2 heterojunction device is evaluated for the highest performance. It is revealed that physical parameters such as thickness, doping, and defects of the CIT layer have a significant influence on the performance of the CdTe solar cell. The device shows an efficiency of 37.46% with an open-circuit voltage, V-OC, of 1.102 V, short-circuit current density, J(SC), of 38.50 mA cm(-2), and fill factor, FF, of 88.30%. The use of the photon recycling technique with a Bragg reflector with 98% back and 95% front reflectance only provides an efficiency of approximate to 44.3% with a current of 45.4 mA cm(-2). These findings are very hopeful for the production of efficient CdTe solar cells in the near future.

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