Thickness optimization of CdS/ZnO hybrid buffer layer in CZTSe thin film solar cells using SCAPS simulation program

被引：11
|
作者：
Mukhopadhyay K. [1 ]
Fermi Hilbert Inbaraj P. [2 ]
Joseph Prince J. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore
[2] Department of Physics, Bharathidasan Institute of Technology (BIT) Campus, Anna University, Tiruchirappalli
来源：
Materials Research Innovations | 2019年 / 23卷 / 06期
关键词：
buffer layer; CZTSe; SCAPS-1D; simulation; Solar cells;
D O I：
10.1080/14328917.2018.1475907
中图分类号：
学科分类号：
摘要：
In CZTSe thin film solar cell, CZTSe/CdS as absorber/buffer layer has been used and ZnO is used as a window layer. CdS as buffer layer have high efficiency but it is toxic due to cadmium. So to reduce the cadmium usage, a hybrid buffer layer of ZnO/CdS is proposed and the numerical study has been performed using SCAPS-1D simulator. The thickness of ZnO/CdS buffer layer has been optimized at ZnO-15 nm/CdS-65 nm, for maximum solar cell efficiency. The solar cell with hybrid buffer layer of ZnO/CdS exhibits more efficiency compared to the solar cell using only CdS or only ZnO as buffer layers. The solar cell efficiency variation with temperature has been studied for CdS, ZnO and CdS/ZnO buffer layer and observed that the variations are almost same for all the three layers. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
引用
收藏
页码：319 / 329
页数：10
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [31] Investigating Effect of CdS Buffer Layer on the Performance of Cu2ZnSnS4Based Solar Cells Using SCAPS-1D
    Khan, Rihana
    Ahmed, Sumair Faisal
    Khalid, Muhammad
    Joshi, Bhawana
    TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, 2021, 22 (02) : 177 - 184
  • [32] Exploration of CZTS-based solar using the ZrS2 as a novel buffer layer by SCAPS simulation
    Moustafa, M.
    Al Zoubi, T.
    Yasin, S.
    OPTICAL MATERIALS, 2022, 124
  • [33] Evaluation of SnS:Cu Thin Film Properties Obtained by USP Technique to Implement It as an Absorbent Layer in Solar Cells Using SCAPS
    Rodriguez-Castro, Sergio
    Alvarez-Macias, Carlos
    Rivero, Michel
    Salgado-Conrado, Lizbeth
    Loera-Palomo, Rodrigo
    Reyes-Duran, Bernardo
    Narro-Rios, Jorge
    COATINGS, 2021, 11 (07)
  • [34] Enhancing the Efficiency of CZTS Solar Cells With Dual HTL Configuration and a Novel Buffer Layer Using SCAPS-1D
    Merabet, Sarra
    Bendenia, Chahrazed
    Bendenia, Souhila
    Merad-Dib, Hanaa
    Moulebhar, Samia
    Khantar, Sid Ahmed
    CHEMISTRYSELECT, 2025, 10 (06):
  • [35] CIGS solar cells using ZrS2 as buffer layer: Numerical simulation
    Kafashan H.
    Bahrami A.
    Optik, 2024, 298
  • [36] Graded buffer layer effect on performance of the amorphous silicon thin film solar cells
    Lien, Shui-Yang
    Yang, Meng-Jia
    Lin, Yang-Shih
    Chen, Chia-Fu
    Lin, Po-Hung
    Hsu, Chia-Hsun
    Huang, Po-Ching
    Shen, Yu-Ming
    ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, 2011, 685 : 60 - +
  • [37] CdTe thin film solar cells with copper iodide as a back contact buffer layer
    Li, Xun
    Xiao, Di
    Wu, Lingling
    Wang, Dongming
    Wang, Guangwei
    Wang, Deliang
    SOLAR ENERGY, 2019, 185 : 324 - 332
  • [38] CdTe Thin Film Solar Cells Fabricated With CuO as a Buffer Layer in the Back Contact
    Masood, Hafiz Tariq
    Shen, Kai
    Li, Qiang
    Xiao, Di
    Wang, Deliang
    IEEE JOURNAL OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, 2017, 7 (04): : 1124 - 1129
  • [39] Solution-Processed CdTe Thin-Film Solar Cells Using ZnSe Nanocrystal as a Buffer Layer
    Chen, Yanru
    Mei, Xianglin
    Liu, Xiaolin
    Wu, Bin
    Yang, Junfeng
    Yang, Junyu
    Xu, Wei
    Hou, Lintao
    Qin, Donghuan
    Wang, Dan
    APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL, 2018, 8 (07):
  • [40] Tweaking the performance of thin film CIGS solar cell using InP as buffer layer
    Deo, Manish
    Chauhan, R. K.
    OPTIK, 2023, 273
12345