THE EFFECT OF SEVERAL PARAMETERS ON THE PERFORMANCE of CuInS2-BASED SOLAR CELLS USING THE SCAPS-1D SOFTWARE
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https://doi.org/10.4314/jfas.v11i2.11Keywords:
CuInS2, solar cell, SCAPS-1D, photovoltaic, efficiencyAbstract
In this work, we have used one dimensional solar cells simulator SCAPS-1D (Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator) to design solar cells based on CuInS2 as the absorber material and study their device performances. Solar cells having a typical structure Al/ZnO:Al/CdS/CuInS2/Mo have been modeled. We focus on studying effects of varying band gap and thickness of CuInS2 absorber layer on the performance of the CuInS2 based solar cells. And also, various replacements for conventional cadmium sulphide (CdS) buffer layer, such as ZnSe and In2S3 based buffer layers have been studied to find out the optimum choice. The photovoltaic parameters (short-circuit current density (Jsc), open-circuit voltage (Vco), fill factor (FF) and effciency (η)) have been calculated from the current density-voltage curves. In this study, a simulated effciency of 21.93 % has been obtained with Vco of 0.94 V, Jsc of 27.64 mA/cm2 and FF of 84.25 % for the CuInS2 solar cell with an absorber layer band gap of 1.40 eV, absorber thickness of 2µm and In2S3 buffer layer. The analysis made from this numerical simulation has revealed the good structure Al/ZnO:Al/In2S3/CuInS2/Mo solar cell.
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https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527633708.ch6
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KOTBI, A.; HARTITI, B.; BATAN, A.; FADILI, S.; RIDAH, A.; THEVENIN, P. THE EFFECT OF SEVERAL PARAMETERS ON THE PERFORMANCE of CuInS2-BASED SOLAR CELLS USING THE SCAPS-1D SOFTWARE. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 2, p. 699–716, 2019. DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v11i2.11. Disponível em: https://jfas.info/index.php/JFAS/article/view/262. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2025.
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