Thin-Film Carbon Nitride (C2N)-Based Solar Cell Optimization Considering Zn1?xMgxO as a Buffer Layer

High efficient Perovskite solar cells base on Niobium Doped TiO2 as a Buffer Layer

Here, the effect of lightly Niobium doped TiO2 layer on the performance of perovskite solar cells has been studied by using solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS). N addition, the effects of Niobium concentration, buffer film thickness and operating temperature on the performance of the perovskite solar cell are investigated. For doping level of 3.0 mol% into the TiO2 layer, cell efficiency o...

High performance polymer solar cells with as-prepared zirconium acetylacetonate film as cathode buffer layer

Low-work-function active metals are commonly used as cathode in polymer solar cells (PSCs), but sensitivity of the active metals towards moisture and oxygen results in poor stability of the devices. Therefore, solution-proceessable and stable cathode buffer layer is of great importance for the application of PSCs. Here we demonstrate high performance PSCs by employing as-prepared zirconium acet...

Innovative Elastic Thin-Film Solar Cell Structures

Improving the optical properties of thin film plasmonic solar cells of InP absorber layer using nanowires

In this paper, a thin-film InP-based solar cell designed and simulated. The proposed InP solar cell has a periodic array of plasmonic back-reflector, which consists of a silver layer and two silver nanowires. The indium tin oxide (ITO) layer also utilized as an anti-reflection coating (ARC) layer on top. The design creates a light-trapping structure by using a plasmonic back-reflector and an an...

SIGNIFICANCE OF SUBSTRATES AND BUFFER LAYERS IN CdTe THIN FILM SOLAR CELL FABRICATION

CdTe is considered as a viable absorber material for the thin film solar cell because of its excellent material characteristics as well as simple, low cost manufacturability. Despite a theoretical 29% efficiency prediction of the cell, its high work function and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) have limited its efficiency to around 17%. One of the remedies of the problem is using a pseudo...