Investigating the performance parameters of solar cell for efficiency enhancement

Muhammad Muneeb Khan; Sadiq Ahmad; Jahangeer Faiz; Rubab Nazeer; Muhammad Amir Shafi; Ahmad Bin Ishtiaq

doi:10.22581/muet1982.3174

Muhammad Muneeb Khan Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Southern Punjab Multan, 6000, Multan, Pakistan
Sadiq Ahmad Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Wah Campus, 47040, Wahcant, Pakistan
Jahangeer Faiz Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Southern Punjab Multan, 6000, Multan, Pakistan
Rubab Nazeer Department of Electrical Engineering, NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology Multan, Pakistan
Muhammad Amir Shafi Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, 45550, Islamabad, Pakistan
Ahmad Bin Ishtiaq Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Southern Punjab Multan, 6000, Multan, Pakistan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22581/muet1982.3174

Abstract

Copper Zinc Tin Selenide (CuZnTSe) cells have unique physical characteristics that make them incredibly well-suited to serve as a solar material for power absorption in contemporary optimized Thin Film Solar cells (TFSC). The goal of the proposed study is to model novel hetero-structures for CuZnTSe solar cells with and without a NiO hole transport layer (HTL), namely AlZno2/Cds/CuZnTSe/Mb and Al-Zno2/Cds/CuZnTSe/Nio2/Mb. To develop and simulate the properties of the CuZnTSe cell and its possible applications in photovoltaic solar cells, simulation software SCAPS-1D is utilized. In addition to nickel oxide (NiO) serving as the electron-blocking HTL, transparent conductor oxide films such as aluminum zinc oxide (AlZnO) and cadmium sulfide (Cds) were added as electron transport layers. The incorporation of a NiO hole transport layer, carrier concentration, layer thickness, defect density, and other parameters impacting cell efficiency were all examined in this work. For the configurations under analysis, the maximum power efficiencies were 23.09% and 39.54%, respectively, with top fill-factors exceeding 79.47% and 87.21%.