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SIMULATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CdTe SOLAR CELL WITH ULTRATHIN ABSORBER LAYER

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  • EBRAHIM AMOUPOUR

    (Department of Electronic Engineering, Roudsar and Amlash Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudsar, P.O. Box 4481714188, Iran)

  • SAJAD GHOLAMREZAEI SARVELAT

    (��Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Tehran, Iran)

  • JAVAD HASANZADEH

    (Department of Electronic Engineering, Roudsar and Amlash Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudsar, P.O. Box 4481714188, Iran)

  • ALI ABDOLAHZADEH ZIABARI

    (��Nano Research Lab, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran)

Abstract

In the few past years, the usage of CdTe thin-film solar cells has increased considerably due to their high efficiency, performance stability and cost effectiveness. In this work, a conventional structure of FTO–i-SnO2–CdS–CdTe was simulated initially to verify the simulation process. An ultrathin absorber layer was considered to make the device more economical. A p-type copper oxide thin film was employed at the back contact as a hole transport–electron blocking layer (HT–EBL). Besides, the use of a bilayer ZnS–CdS compound and a monolayer CdS:Zn compound as the electron transport layer was also studied. The proposed modeled cell parameters then were optimized to increase the efficiency.

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  • Ebrahim Amoupour & Sajad Gholamrezaei Sarvelat & Javad Hasanzadeh & Ali Abdolahzadeh Ziabari, 2022. "SIMULATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CdTe SOLAR CELL WITH ULTRATHIN ABSORBER LAYER," Surface Review and Letters (SRL), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 29(02), pages 1-6, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:srlxxx:v:29:y:2022:i:02:n:s0218625x22500214
    DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X22500214
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