Exploring the Bilayer Approach to Analyzing Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells' Numerical Aspects for High Efficiency

Authors

  • Shahid Farhan Department of Electrical Engineering, Government College University, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5522-6853
  • M. Qasim Shah Department of Electronics, Government College University, Pakistan https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5251-4852
  • M. Naeem Khan Department of Electrical Engineering, Government College University, Pakistan
  • M. Arif Department of Renewable Energy Engineering, U.S. Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Energy, Pakistan
  • Asim Ghafoor Department of Electronics, Government College University, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewJOPR42022149

Keywords:

lead-free perovskites, double electron transport layer (ETL) and hole transport layer (HTL), SCAPS (1D)

Abstract

In the past decades, the metal halide perovskites gained tremendous attention from researchers because of its excellent visible light absorption and promising power conversion efficiencies. But due its toxic nature and concerned ecological hazards, it cannot be commercialized on a large scale. So there was a need to introduce a new toxic-free alternative. According to this paper, a volume lead-free perovskite structure is quantitatively investigated using 1D solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS) software. A new approach is used in which the lead-free active layer CH3NH3SnI3 is encased in two bilayers of a simultaneous simulation that investigates the hole transport layer and electron transport layer and fine-tunes their respective thicknesses as well as the absorber layer to attain the best possible performance for the suggested structure. Furthermore, a number of parameters influencing electrical properties were studied statistically, including the effect of different rear connections, temperature changes, doping concentration in the absorber layer, defect states at interfaces, and the overall density of defects. The optimal configuration yielded an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 0.96V, a short circuit current density (Jsc) of 32 mA/cm2, a fill factor of 82.02, and a power conversion efficiency of 26.09% under standard AM1.5 G conditions.

 

Received: 25 November 2023 | Revised: 30 March 2024 | Accepted: 15 May 2024

 

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to this work.

 

Data Availability Statement

Upon request, the appropriate author can have access to the data that supported the investigation's findings.

 

Author Contribution Statement

Shahid Farhan: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Validation. M. Qasim Shah: Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources. M. Naeem Khan: Visualization, Project administration. M. Arif: Supervision. Asim Ghafoor: Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.


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2024-05-29

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How to Cite

Farhan, S. ., Shah, M. Q., Khan, M. N., Arif, M. ., & Ghafoor, A. . (2024). Exploring the Bilayer Approach to Analyzing Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells’ Numerical Aspects for High Efficiency. Journal of Optics and Photonics Research, 1(4), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewJOPR42022149