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: Received: 11 January 2022 / Approved: 12 January 2022 / Online: 12 January 2022 (13:30:19 CET)
How to cite:
Bitam, H.; Hadjoudja, B.; Zaidi, B.; Shakher, C.; Gagui, S.; Ullah, M.S. Junction Configuration Effects on the Photovoltaic Parameters of a-Si/CZTS Solar Cells. Preprints2022, 2022010163. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0163.v1
Bitam, H.; Hadjoudja, B.; Zaidi, B.; Shakher, C.; Gagui, S.; Ullah, M.S. Junction Configuration Effects on the Photovoltaic Parameters of a-Si/CZTS Solar Cells. Preprints 2022, 2022010163. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0163.v1
Bitam, H.; Hadjoudja, B.; Zaidi, B.; Shakher, C.; Gagui, S.; Ullah, M.S. Junction Configuration Effects on the Photovoltaic Parameters of a-Si/CZTS Solar Cells. Preprints2022, 2022010163. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0163.v1
APA Style
Bitam, H., Hadjoudja, B., Zaidi, B., Shakher, C., Gagui, S., & Ullah, M.S. (2022). Junction Configuration Effects on the Photovoltaic Parameters of a-Si/CZTS Solar Cells. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0163.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Bitam, H., S. Gagui and Muhammad Sana Ullah. 2022 "Junction Configuration Effects on the Photovoltaic Parameters of a-Si/CZTS Solar Cells" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202201.0163.v1
Abstract
Due to increased energy intensive human activities resulting accelerated demand for electric power coupled with occurrence of natural disasters with increased frequency, intensity, and duration, it becomes essential to explore and advance renewable energy technology for sustainability of the society. Addressing the stated problem and providing a radical solution has been attempted in this study. To harvest the renewable energy, among variety of solar cells reported, a composite a-Si/CZTS photovoltaic devices has not yet been investigated. The calculated parameters for solar cell based on the new array of layers consisting of a-Si/CZTS are reported in this study. The variation of i) solar cell efficiency as a function of CZTS layer thickness, temperature, acceptor, and donor defect concentration; ii) variation of the open circuit current density as a function of temperature, open circuit voltage; iii) variation of open circuit voltage as a function of the thickness of the CZTS layer has been determined. There has been no reported study on a-Si/CZTS configuration-based solar cell, analysis of the parameters, and study to address the challenges imped efficiency of the photovoltaic device and the same has been discussed in this work. The value of the SnO2/a-Si/CZTS solar cells obtained from the simulation is 23.9 %.
Keywords
CZTS; a-Si; Solar cells; SCAPS; Doping
Subject
Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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