Design and Optimization of Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide (CZTS) Thin Film Solar Cell

Hafizur Rahman Alve, Mrinmoy Dey, Md Hasibur Rahman, Md Emdadul Ahsan

Abstract


In this research work, we show how to develop and simulate highly efficient Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide (CZTS) based thin film solar cell with dual-heterojunction. A dual-heterojunction is created when Copper Zinc Tin Sulfide (CZTS) forms a p-n junction with a window layer and another p-p+ connection with a highly doped back surface Field (BSF) layer. The simulation was performed with SCAPS-1D software, which uses known experimental physical parameters. The results exhibit the best PCE as high as 45.08 % with Voc=1.346 V, Jsc=41.59 mA/cm2, FF=80.49 % for dual heterojunction structure of n-ZnSe/p-CZTS/p+-CGS/Ni with a good level of temperature coefficient (TC) is found to be (-0.069 %/?C). The simulation results show that the Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) of the single heterojunction n-ZnSe/p-CZTS/Ni solar cell may reach 19.62%, while the PCE of the dual heterojunction solar cell can reach 45.08 %.


Keywords


Dual-heterojunction, CZTS, CGS, BSF, SCAPS-1D

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