Towards high-efficiency cztse solar cells through the optimization of the p-MoSe2 interfacial layer
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2022/1/012022
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Research Article
Publication Title
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Publication Date
10-13-2021
doi
10.1088/1742-6596/2022/1/012022
Abstract
This paper reports the impact of the p-MoSe2 transition metal dichalcogenide as an interfacial layer between the CZTSe absorber and Mo back contact in the CZTSe solar cells. Here, the solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS-1D) is employed. The I-V characteristic demonstrated a higher slope in comparison to CZTSe solar cell without considering the interfacial layer. The results show that the p-MoSe2 layer benefits the CZTSe/Mo hetero contact by mediating the quasi-ohmic back contact of the CZTSe solar cell. Accordingly, the conversion efficiency improves from 16.17 % to 23.47 %. To investigate the effect of the p-MoSe2 layer, various performance parameters such as open-circuit voltage (Voc), short circuit current (Jsc), fill factor FF, and efficiency η were explored at a wide range of thicknesses, bandgap energies, and the carrier concentration. The results revealed that a thickness of the interfacial layer less than 70 nm would cause deterioration of overall cell performance. This is because a low thickness of p-MoSe2 creates high barriers at the CZTS/p-MoSe2 and p-MoSe2/Mo interfaces, which impedes the drift process of photogenerated holes. Additionally, increasing the acceptor carrier concentration doping (NA) above 1017 cm-3 results in an improved cell performance due to the enhanced band alignment at the back contact. The obtained values of the Voc and Jsc are 0.74 V and 42.6 mA/cm2, respectively.
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APA Citation
Moustafa, M.
AlZoubi, T.
Yasin, S.
Waar, Z.
&
Moghrabi, A.
(2021). Towards high-efficiency cztse solar cells through the optimization of the p-MoSe2 interfacial layer. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2022(1),
10.1088/1742-6596/2022/1/012022
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/2700
MLA Citation
Moustafa, Mohamed, et al.
"Towards high-efficiency cztse solar cells through the optimization of the p-MoSe2 interfacial layer." Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 2022,no. 1, 2021,
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/2700