Volume 6, Issue 1 , Winter and Spring 2018, , Pages 7-14
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In this article, the functionality of solar cells structure based on CuIn1-xGaxSe2 is investigated. This type of solar cell consists of different layers, namely ZnO (TCO layer), Cd_S (Buffer layer), CIGS (Absorbent layer), and MO (Substrate layer). Two layers, Cd_S and CIGS, form a PN Junction. ...
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In this article, the functionality of solar cells structure based on CuIn1-xGaxSe2 is investigated. This type of solar cell consists of different layers, namely ZnO (TCO layer), Cd_S (Buffer layer), CIGS (Absorbent layer), and MO (Substrate layer). Two layers, Cd_S and CIGS, form a PN Junction. CIGS Thin Film Solar Cell is simulated using SILVACO software. The absorbent layer doping was originally changed. Later doping was kept constant and P-type layer of InAsP was added. Their effect on cell function was observed and examined. It was observed that after doping some parameters of the solar cell have improved whilst some others had decreased. It was also concluded that examined increase of decrease in the amount of dopant would reduce our efficiencies of solar cell. Added the InAsP layer leads to increased open circuit voltage, short circuit current and the solar cell power, consequently gives the yields about 33.2%, which is acceptable efficiency.
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Winter and Spring 2018, , Pages 53-58
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An efficient double junction InGaN/CIGS solar cell can be simulated using Silvaco ATLAS software. In this study, a thin CdS top cover layer is used as the anti-reflector layer. To reach the current matching condition, changing the thickness of this CdS layer, we can enhance the short-circuit currents ...
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An efficient double junction InGaN/CIGS solar cell can be simulated using Silvaco ATLAS software. In this study, a thin CdS top cover layer is used as the anti-reflector layer. To reach the current matching condition, changing the thickness of this CdS layer, we can enhance the short-circuit currents of both the top and bottom cells. To gain a desired efficiency, different design parameters, such as the doping concentrations and the thicknesses of the various layers of the cell are optimized. This cell is designed to be used in a real environmental situation. Considering the proposed structure and the simulation results, an optimum efficiency of 41.87% is achieved and also the obtained fill factor is equal to 75.16%.
A solar cell is an electronic device which not only harvests photovoltaic effect but also transforms light energy into electricity. In photovoltaic phenomenon, a P-N junction is created to form an empty region. The presented paper aims at proposing a new highly efficient InGaN/Si double-junction ...
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A solar cell is an electronic device which not only harvests photovoltaic effect but also transforms light energy into electricity. In photovoltaic phenomenon, a P-N junction is created to form an empty region. The presented paper aims at proposing a new highly efficient InGaN/Si double-junction solar cell structure. This cell is designed to be used in a real environmental situation, so only structural parameters are optimized. In the present structure, a thin layer of Cd-S is used as the anti-reflector window layer. The cell is simulated using ATLAS-SILVACO software and its maximum efficiency is computed to be 37.23%. Considering the supposed structure, the findings show that the efficiency of this solar cell, which is 37.32%, is so far the highest reported efficiency amongst all solar cells.
