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Investigation of Electron Transport Material-Free Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Solar Cell

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  • Mostafa M. Salah

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt)

  • Abdelhalim Zekry

    (Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11535, Egypt)

  • Ahmed Shaker

    (Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11535, Egypt)

  • Mohamed Abouelatta

    (Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11535, Egypt)

  • Mohamed Mousa

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt)

  • Ahmed Saeed

    (Electrical Engineering Department, Future University in Egypt, Cairo 11835, Egypt)

Abstract

Tandem solar cells have a superb potential to push the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of photovoltaic technologies. They can be also more stable and economical. In this simulation work, an efficient perovskite solar cell (PSC) with Spiro-OMeTAD as a hole transport material (HTM) and with no electron transport material (ETM) to replace the traditional PSC structure is presented. This PSC is then used as a top sub cell together with a copper indium gallium sulfide (CIGS) bottom sub cell to build a tandem cell. The multi-junction solar cell behavior is improved by engineering the technological and physical parameters of the perovskite and HTM. The results show that an n-p heterojunction PSC structure with an ETM free could be a good candidate for the traditional n-i-p structure. Because of such investigations, the performance of the proposed ETM-free PSC/CIGS cell could be designed to reach a PCE as high as 35.36%.

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  • Mostafa M. Salah & Abdelhalim Zekry & Ahmed Shaker & Mohamed Abouelatta & Mohamed Mousa & Ahmed Saeed, 2022. "Investigation of Electron Transport Material-Free Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Solar Cell," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(17), pages 1-16, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:17:p:6326-:d:901752
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