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Optical and Quantum Electronics
Erschienen in: Optical and Quantum Electronics 5/2021

01.05.2021

Optimized CIGS based solar cell towardsan efficient solar cell: impact of layers thickness and doping

verfasst von: Yasmina Osman, Mostafa Fedawy, Mohamed Abaza, Moustafa H. Aly

Erschienen in: Optical and Quantum Electronics | Ausgabe 5/2021

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Abstract

This paper presents a numerical simulation study of copper-indium-gallium-diselenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells. An electron back reflector layer (EBR) is added to the conventional CIGS structure to minimize the recombination of the carriers at the back contact, and then absorber thickness can be further decreased. The impacts of thickness and carrier concentration variations of the CIGS cell structure are investigated to optimize the performance of the solar cell using the simulator SCAPS. The proposed CIGS solar cell achieved a significant improvement in the conversion efficiency of 27.652%, which is more than 43% higher than those previously reported in the literature for the CIGS solar cells. The proposed work does not only greatly improve the efficiency but also the overall thickness of the CIGS layers are dramatically decreased to 505 nm. That is already 3 to 4 times less than the average thickness reported for the conventional CIGS solar cells.
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Metadaten
Titel
Optimized CIGS based solar cell towardsan efficient solar cell: impact of layers thickness and doping
verfasst von
Yasmina Osman
Mostafa Fedawy
Mohamed Abaza
Moustafa H. Aly
Publikationsdatum
01.05.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Optical and Quantum Electronics / Ausgabe 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0306-8919
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-817X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-021-02873-4

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