Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation
Cadmium sulfide; Cadmium sulfide solar cells; Efficiency; II-VI semiconductors; Sulfur compounds; Zinc compounds; Cadmium telluride solar cells; CdTe solar cells; Cell capacitance; Conventional design; Increased temperature; Optimal parameter; Recombination loss; Transparent conductive oxides; Cadmi...
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my.uniten.dspace-255502023-05-29T16:10:46Z Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation Doroody C. Rahman K.S. Rosly H.N. Harif M.N. Haque F. Tiong S.K. Amin N. 56905467200 56348138800 36873451800 22634024000 57191159774 15128307800 7102424614 Cadmium sulfide; Cadmium sulfide solar cells; Efficiency; II-VI semiconductors; Sulfur compounds; Zinc compounds; Cadmium telluride solar cells; CdTe solar cells; Cell capacitance; Conventional design; Increased temperature; Optimal parameter; Recombination loss; Transparent conductive oxides; Cadmium telluride In this study, Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS-1D) is utilized to examine the properties of cadmium telluride (CdTe) based solar cell. The key aim of this study is to explore the prospects of enhancing the efficiency of CdTe solar cells by adding a high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer to the conventional cell structure. For that purpose, novel HRT layer structures are suggested in CdTe solar cells between a cadmium sulfide (CdS) window layer and transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer. Simulation results presented in this paper are from four proposed structures with three different HRT materials compared to the conventional design. The optimal parameters that offer the optimum functionality of the conventional design (SnO2/CdS/CdTe/MoTe2), with and without the HRT layer, are determined. Obtained results validate an enhancement in efficiency of the solar cell with Zn2SO4 as the HRT layer due to lower recombination loss and barrier height at the back contact region. The suggested cell with Zn2SO4 demonstrates an efficiency of 17.61% (Voc = 0.92 V, Jsc = 25.41 mA/cm2, FF = 75.35), with only 20 nm HRT layer and 25 nm CdS as a window layer. In the meantime, the reference cell (no HRT layer) depicts an efficiency of 17.01% with 4000 nm thick CdTe as an absorber layer. However, the normalized efficiency of the suggested cells decreases linearly with increased temperature. � 2020 Author(s). Final 2023-05-29T08:10:45Z 2023-05-29T08:10:45Z 2020 Article 10.1063/1.5132838 2-s2.0-85082977930 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85082977930&doi=10.1063%2f1.5132838&partnerID=40&md5=076a66bb859a5437083ef223e6ae51b5 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25550 12 2 23702 American Institute of Physics Inc. Scopus |
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Cadmium sulfide; Cadmium sulfide solar cells; Efficiency; II-VI semiconductors; Sulfur compounds; Zinc compounds; Cadmium telluride solar cells; CdTe solar cells; Cell capacitance; Conventional design; Increased temperature; Optimal parameter; Recombination loss; Transparent conductive oxides; Cadmium telluride |
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Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation |
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Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation |
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Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation |
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Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation |
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Impact of high resistivity transparent (HRT) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation |
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impact of high resistivity transparent (hrt) layer in cadmium telluride solar cells from numerical simulation |
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