Simulation and numerical modeling of CuO films thickness influence on the efficiency of graphite/CuO/Ni solar cells
Kuryshchuk S.I. Andrushchak G.O. Kovaliuk T.T. Mostovyi A.I. Parkhomenko H.P. Sahare S.H. Solovan M.M. Brus V.V.
March/April 2024John Wiley and Sons Ltd
International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields
2024#37Issue 2
Copper oxide is one of the original semiconductor materials employed for solar cells in the early 19th century before Silicon solar cells became popular due to their abundant availability, and eco-friendly nature. The optoelectronic parameters signify its huge potential in solar cell devices, though its far from the theoretically predicted performance, provides tremendous scope to improve the solar cell performance by forming different heterojunctions. In this study, we investigated the copper oxides (CuO) potential as an active layer in thin-film solar cells theoretically with a new structure consisting of a Glass/ITO/Graphite/CuO/Ni. Furthermore, the charge carriers generation rate and theoretical thresholds for photovoltaic device efficiency were determined for varying active layer thicknesses by employing a normalized light intensity equivalent to that of the AM1.5 spectrum. The optimized performance of the simulated structure by considering realistic optical parameters of the solar cell was ~24%, obtained for the 500 nm CuO films. The performed theoretical work can help to employ CuO and boost the performance of solar cells experimentally.
CuO , graphite , solar cells , thin film , transfer metric simulation
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Department of Electronic and Energy Engineering, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Faculty of Mathematics and Physic, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2, Czech Republic
Department of Physics, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Department of Electronic and Energy Engineering
Faculty of Mathematics and Physic
Department of Physics
Faculty of Physics
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