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Studying the Effect of Variable Temperatures on the Output of a Perovskite Solar Cell (ZnTe /CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2/ZnO/FTO) Using SCAPS-1D Software

Raddad Salem MahmoudMinistry of Education in Mosul, IraqRaad A. RassolUniversity of Mosul/Education College of Pure Science/Physics Department, Iraq

Vol 6 No 11 (2022): Volume 6, Issue 11, November 2022 | Pages: 124-129

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 07-12-2022

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Abstract

The program SCAPS-1D was used to simulate the solar cell adopted in this research, and it was a starting point as a conventional perovskite solar cell (ZnTe/CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2/ZnO/FTO), as the thickness of the absorption layer p-CH3NH3PbI3is 1 µm and thickness of windows layer n-ZnO is 0.1 µm and buffer layer TiO2of thickness of 0.05 µm, which is used as a layer that prevents forward contact process or Front leakage for minority carriers (gaps), this leakage is undesirable because it is an insulating and chemically active layer with different operating temperatures ranging between (270K-320K), also the thickness of transparent conduction oxide layer (FTO) is 0.1µm. In this paper, the effective temperature on the outputs of the solar cell was studied as well as its effect on the quantum efficiency QE and current-voltage curve (I-V). The optimum available of this perovskite (CH3NH3PbI3) solar cell results at 300K as follows: [Voc=1.288(V), Jsc=25.04mA/cm2, FF=89.54%, ƞ=28.88 %].

Keywords

SCAPS-1D; perovskite CH3NH3PbI3solar cells; (I-V) curve


Citation of this Article

Raddad Salem Mahmoud, Raad A. Rassol, “Studying the Effect of Variable Temperatures on the Output of a Perovskite Solar Cell (ZnTe /CH3NH3PbI3/TiO2/ZnO/FTO) Using SCAPS-1D Software”, Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 11, pp 124-129, November 2022. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2022.611017

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