A numerical simulation of solar cells based on the CuO and Cu2O absorber layers with ZnMgO window layer
Ivashchenko M.M. Diachenko O.V. Opanasyuk A.S. Buryk I.P. Kuzmin D.V. Čerškus A. Shapovalov O. Plotnikov S.V. Gryshko I.A.
February 2024Elsevier Ltd
Materials Science and Engineering: B
2024#300
In this paper the software of Solar Sell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS) is used to study the performance of ZnO:Al /Zn1-xMgxO/CuxO solar cells. As an absorber layer are used CuO and Cu2O compounds. The photovoltaic parameters have been calculated for the samples prepared at different deposition conditions (layer thickness, magnesium concentration in window layer). Simulated current–voltage curves allow to determinate the optimal deposition conditions. As a result of the numerical simulation there were determined the optimal solar cells layers fabrication parameters, which provide their maximal solar energy conversion efficiency. They are: in case of CuO/ZMO/AZO structure - fill-factor is 76.46 %, photo-conversion efficiency is 23.89 %; in case of Cu2O/ZMO/AZO structure – fill-factor is 69.44 %, photo-conversion efficiency is 9.63 %, respectively.
Copper oxide , Efficiency , SCAPS , Simulation , Solar cell , Thickness , Zinc magnesium oxide
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Sumy State University, Sumy, Ukraine
Center for Physical Science and Technology, Vilnius, Lithuania
East-Kazakhstan State Technical University, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
National Technical University “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine
Sumy State University
Center for Physical Science and Technology
East-Kazakhstan State Technical University
National Technical University “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
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