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Numerical analysis of emerging concept of perovskite/silicon heterojunction solar cells

Authors: Manoj Kumar, Sushil Kumar

Published in: Journal of Computational Electronics | Issue 4/2023

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This paper presents insight into the emerging concept of planar perovskite/silicon heterojunction solar cells. Here, we report optimum efficiency of 26.46% for Pt/p-CH₃NH₃PbI₃/n-cSi/Ag and 25.95% for Al/n-CH₃NH₃PbI₃/p-cSi/Au heterojunction solar cells. Thickness and doping concentration optimizations of the (p/n)-CH₃NH₃PbI₃ and (n/p)-c-Si layers were carried out using SCAPS-1D. Various front and back contact metals, including Al, Ag, Cu, Au and Pt, were analysed for these perovskite/silicon heterojunction solar cells. Al and Ag at the front contact with Au at the back contact exhibited maximum efficiency for n-CH₃NH₃PbI₃/p-cSi heterojunction solar cells. Similarly, maximum efficiency was observed for Al and Ag at the back contact with Pt at the front contact for p-CH₃NH₃PbI₃/n-cSi. Moreover, the impact of interface defect states on the performance was analysed considering the perovskite/silicon interface properties significantly governing the photo-generated charge carrier transport across the heterojunction. Pt/p-CH₃NH₃PbI₃/n-cSi/Ag was more tolerant to perovskite/silicon interface defects than Al/n-CH₃NH₃PbI₃/p-cSi/Au heterojunction solar cells.

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Title: Numerical analysis of emerging concept of perovskite/silicon heterojunction solar cells
Authors: Manoj Kumar
Sushil Kumar
Publication date: 11-05-2023
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Computational Electronics / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1569-8025
Electronic ISSN: 1572-8137
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-023-02035-7

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