A simulation approach for investigating the performances of cadmium telluride solar cells using doping concentrations, carrier lifetimes, thickness of layers, and band gaps

Shah, Deb Kumar; KC, Devendra; Muddassir, Mohd.; Akhtar, M. Shaheer; Kim, Chong Yeal; Yang, O‐Bong

doi:10.1016/j.solener.2020.12.070

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“…CdTe/CdS 18.3% [10] (1) Good match with the solar spectrum to get energy at shorter wavelengths compared to Si modules [10]. (2) Cadmium is abundant [62].…”

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Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A Review

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2022

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Employing sunlight to produce electrical energy has been demonstrated to be one of the most promising solutions to the world’s energy crisis. The device to convert solar energy to electrical energy, a solar cell, must be reliable and cost-effective to compete with traditional resources. This paper reviews many basics of photovoltaic (PV) cells, such as the working principle of the PV cell, main physical properties of PV cell materials, the significance of gallium arsenide (GaAs) thin films in solar technology, their prospects, and some mathematical analysis of p-n junction solar cells. Furthermore, the paper presents the standard model of solar cells with the application of this model to different PV technologies together with the main findings. Moreover, the paper explores the role of numerical and mathematical modelling of PV cells by MATLAB/Simulink and COMSOL in evaluating the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the PV cells and determining the main parameters affecting the power output at various conditions.

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“…CdTe/CdS 18.3% [10] (1) Good match with the solar spectrum to get energy at shorter wavelengths compared to Si modules [10]. (2) Cadmium is abundant [62].…”

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“…Furthermore, CdTe thin film nearly competes with the (c-Si) cell in cost/watt. Nevertheless, tellurium supplies are restricted and cadmium is highly poisonous [10].…”

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Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A Review

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2022

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“…34 The layers in this solar cell also are ordered according to bandgap energy, with the layer with the lowest bandgap on the bottom and the layer with the highest bandgap on the top surface. 35,36 The reason for this is that a layer with a high bandgap can absorb the shorter wavelengths of the solar spectrum. The impact of doping concentration and thickness of the photovoltaic properties of the n-ZnO/p-Si solar cell was induced by the PC1D simulation tool.…”

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An In-Depth Optimization of Thickness of Base and Emitter of ZnO/Si Heterojunction-Based Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell: A Simulation Method

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Abed

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J. Electron. Mater.

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The heterojunction (HJ) solar cell is one of the best possible options to upgrade the conventional single homo-junction c-Si solar cell. In this work, a single HJ solar cell based on crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer with zinc oxide (ZnO) is designed to reduce the loss of power conversion owing to the reflection of incident photons by the top surface of silicon. A PC1D simulation is used to evaluate the optimum numerical value of key photovoltaic parameters for HJ-based c-Si solar cells. The average reflectance for ZnO/Si HJ-based c-Si is 7.65% in the wavelength range of 400-1000 nm. The highest efficiency (η = 24.8%) of the ZnO/Si HJ-based c-Si solar is obtained with a 400 μm base thickness, 20 μm emitter thickness, doping concentration of 1.1 × 10 17 cm −3 in the base and a doping concentration of 5.1 x 10 16 cm −3 in the emitter. The proposed ZnO/ Si HJ-based c-Si solar cell with high efficiency would be one of the best possible alternative HJ device to the conventional single homo-junction c-Si solar cell.

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“…So far, many studies have been done on the effect of different parameters on the functions of cadmium telluride solar cells, including the study of Jaker Hossain et al [5] which presents that using the CdSe and Sb 2 Se 3 Back Surface Field (BSF) layers significantly increased the efficiency of solar cells [5]. Other researchers have proposed different simulation methods to study the performance of cadmium telluride solar cells using doping concentration, layer thickness, and carrier lifetimes [6]. ere is a lot of research on solar cells, especially cadmium telluride solar cells [7][8][9][10].…”

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Simulation and Optimization of Temperature Effect in Solar Cells CdTe with Back Connection Cu2O

Khaledi

Behboodnia

Karimi

2022

International Journal of Optics

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One of the least studied and most important parameters that are ignored in the simulation and construction of solar cells is temperature. The effect of temperature is complex, and the solar cell is a very temperature-sensitive device. Constructing high-efficient solar cells is an essential task. In this paper, we simulated and studied the effect of temperature on the characteristics of FTO/SnO2/CdS/CdTe/Cu2O solar cells using MATLAB and Maple software. For this purpose, first, the transport and Poisson equations, the continuity of the current, and the transfer of the carrier were solved by the drift-diffusion method and then they were discretized. We examined the cell temperature in the range of 200 to 400 Kelvin. The results showed that increasing temperature from 200 to 400 Kelvin open-circuit voltage decreases the short-circuit current. Furthermore, the filling factor first increases and then decreases. The efficiency of the solar cell also decreases sharply with increasing temperature. The results showed that, by decreasing the temperature of the solar cell, an efficiency of more than 32% can be achieved in cadmium telluride solar cells with FTO/SnO2/CdS/CdTe/Cu2O structure.

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A simulation approach for investigating the performances of cadmium telluride solar cells using doping concentrations, carrier lifetimes, thickness of layers, and band gaps

Cited by 43 publications

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Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A Review

Photovoltaic Solar Cells: A Review

An In-Depth Optimization of Thickness of Base and Emitter of ZnO/Si Heterojunction-Based Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell: A Simulation Method

Simulation and Optimization of Temperature Effect in Solar Cells CdTe with Back Connection Cu2O

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