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Anchored CuO&Cu2O nanoparticles on carbon-based planar as a hole transport layer in flexible perovskite solar cell

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  • Zarabinia, Nazila
  • Nekouei, Farid
  • Vakili, Amirhossein

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This paper presents the design and analysis of a flexible perovskite solar cell based on a carbon electrode, using SCAPS-1D software simulations and experimental results. We investigated the performance of these solar cells by incorporating CuO and Cu2O nanoparticles onto the carbon layer as a p-type material. The highest efficiency achieved, 23.9 % with a Cu2O&CuO combination in the simulation. The simulation results provided valuable insights, motivating the development of an efficient layering technique for solar cell fabrication. Using a lamination method, we fabricated the solar cells on flexible PET substrates by laminating the CuO&Cu2O carbon-based layer onto the perovskite layer. The best-performing fabricated cell demonstrated a power conversion efficiency of 11.96 %.

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  • Zarabinia, Nazila & Nekouei, Farid & Vakili, Amirhossein, 2026. "Anchored CuO&Cu2O nanoparticles on carbon-based planar as a hole transport layer in flexible perovskite solar cell," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 256(PF).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:256:y:2026:i:pf:s096014812501907x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2025.124243
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