PMID- 38192318
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240110
IS  - 2046-2069 (Electronic)
IS  - 2046-2069 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
DP  - 2024 Jan 3
TI  - Improving the efficiency of a CIGS solar cell to above 31% with Sb(2)S(3) as a 
      new BSF: a numerical simulation approach by SCAPS-1D.
PG  - 1924-1938
LID - 10.1039/d3ra07893k [doi]
AB  - The remarkable performance of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS)-based double 
      heterojunction (DH) photovoltaic cells is presented in this work. To increase all 
      photovoltaic performance parameters, in this investigation, a novel solar cell 
      structure (FTO/SnS(2)/CIGS/Sb(2)S(3)/Ni) is explored by utilizing the SCAPS-1D 
      simulation software. Thicknesses of the buffer, absorber and back surface field 
      (BSF) layers, acceptor density, defect density, capacitance-voltage (C-V), 
      interface defect density, rates of generation and recombination, operating 
      temperature, current density, and quantum efficiency have been investigated for 
      the proposed solar devices with and without BSF. The presence of the BSF layer 
      significantly influences the device's performance parameters including 
      short-circuit current (J(sc)), open-circuit voltage (V(oc)), fill factor (FF), 
      and power conversion efficiency (PCE). After optimization, the simulation results 
      of a conventional CIGS cell (FTO/SnS(2)/CIGS/Ni) have shown a PCE of 22.14% with 
      V(oc) of 0.91 V, J(sc) of 28.21 mA cm(-2), and FF of 86.31. Conversely, the PCE 
      is improved to 31.15% with V(oc) of 1.08 V, J(sc) of 33.75 mA cm(-2), and FF of 
      88.50 by introducing the Sb(2)S(3) BSF in the structure of 
      FTO/SnS(2)/CIGS/Sb(2)S(3)/Ni. These findings of the proposed CIGS-based double 
      heterojunction (DH) solar cells offer an innovative method for realization of 
      high-efficiency solar cells that are more promising than the previously reported 
      traditional designs.
CI  - This journal is (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry.
FAU - Rahman, Md Ferdous
AU  - Rahman MF
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0090-2384
AD  - Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of 
      Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 
      Bangladesh ferdousapee@gmail.com.
FAU - Chowdhury, Mithun
AU  - Chowdhury M
AD  - Advanced Energy Materials and Solar Cell Research Laboratory, Department of 
      Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Begum Rokeya University Rangpur 5400 
      Bangladesh ferdousapee@gmail.com.
FAU - Marasamy, Latha
AU  - Marasamy L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2564-0894
AD  - Facultad de Quimica, Materiales-Energia, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro (UAQ) 
      Santiago de Queretaro Queretaro C.P. 76010 Mexico.
FAU - Mohammed, Mustafa K A
AU  - Mohammed MKA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1850-6355
AD  - College of Remote Sensing and Geophysics, Al-Karkh University of Science Al-Karkh 
      Side, Haifa St. Hamada Palace Baghdad 10011 Iraq.
FAU - Haque, Md Dulal
AU  - Haque MD
AD  - Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Hajee Mohammad Danesh 
      Science and Technology University Dinajpur 5200 Bangladesh.
FAU - Al Ahmed, Sheikh Rashel
AU  - Al Ahmed SR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6323-0602
AD  - Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Pabna 
      University of Science and Technology Pabna 6600 Bangladesh.
FAU - Irfan, Ahmad
AU  - Irfan A
AD  - Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University P.O. Box 9004 
      Abha 61413 Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Chaudhry, Aijaz Rasool
AU  - Chaudhry AR
AD  - Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Bisha P.O. Box 551 Bisha 
      61922 Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Goumri-Said, Souraya
AU  - Goumri-Said S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9333-7862
AD  - Physics Department, Colleges of Science and General Studies, Alfaisal University 
      P.O. Box 50927 Riyadh 11533 Saudi Arabia sosaid@alfaisal.edu.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240108
PL  - England
TA  - RSC Adv
JT  - RSC advances
JID - 101581657
PMC - PMC10772862
COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2024/01/09 06:42
MHDA- 2024/01/09 06:43
PMCR- 2024/01/08
CRDT- 2024/01/09 03:45
PHST- 2023/11/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/01/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/01/09 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2024/01/09 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/01/09 03:45 [entrez]
PHST- 2024/01/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - d3ra07893k [pii]
AID - 10.1039/d3ra07893k [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - RSC Adv. 2024 Jan 8;14(3):1924-1938. doi: 10.1039/d3ra07893k. eCollection 2024 
      Jan 3.