Numerical study of highly efficient tin-based perovskite solar cell with MoS2 hole transport layer

Muhammad Shafiqul Islam; Sabrina Rahman; Adil Sunny; Md. Ashfaqul Haque; Md. Suruz Mian; Sheikh Rashel Al Ahmed

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Numerical study of highly efficient tin-based perovskite solar cell with MoS₂ hole transport layer

Muhammad Shafiqul Islam , Sabrina Rahman , Adil Sunny , Md. Ashfaqul Haque , Md. Suruz Mian and Sheikh Rashel Al Ahmed

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From the journal Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A Volume 76 Issue 11

Abstract

The present work investigates a tin-based highly efficient perovskite solar cell (PSC) by a solar cell capacitance simulator in one dimension. Molybdenum disulfide is introduced as hole transport layer in the proposed solar cell device structure. The photovoltaic performances of the proposed solar cell are investigated by varying thickness, doping concentration, and bulk defect density of various layers. Furthermore, the operating temperature and the series and shunt resistances are analyzed systematically. A higher conversion efficiency of 25.99% is obtained at the absorber thickness of 2000 nm. The optimum doping density of 10¹⁷ cm⁻³ is estimated for the absorber, electron transport layer (ETL), and hole transport layer (HTL), respectively. The optimum thicknesses of 50 nm, 1000 nm, and 60 nm are also found for the titanium dioxide as ETL, methylammonium tin triiodide (CH₃NH₃SnI₃) as absorber layer, and molybdenum disulfide as HTL, respectively. The efficiency of the proposed lead-free CH₃NH₃SnI₃-based solar cell with the alternative molybdenum disulfide HTL is calculated to be 24.65% with open-circuit voltage of 0.89 V, short-circuit current density of 34.04 mA/cm², and fill-factor of 81.46% for the optimum parameters of all layers. These findings would contribute to fabricate low-cost, non-toxic, stable, and durable lead-free PSCs for the next generation.

Keywords: efficiency; hole transport layer; MoS2 ; SCAPS-1D; solar cell; tin-based perovskite

Corresponding authors: Md. Suruz Mian, Department of Materials and Life Science, Seikei University, 3-3-1 Kichijojikitamachi, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8633, Japan, E-mail: suruz20014@gmail.com; and Sheikh Rashel Al Ahmed, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna 6600, Bangladesh, E-mail: rashel@pust.ac.bd

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Marc Burgelman, University of Gent, Belgium, for providing the SCAPS 1-D simulation software.

Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors report no declarations of interest.

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Received: 2021-03-08

Accepted: 2021-08-13

Published Online: 2021-09-01

Published in Print: 2021-11-25

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efficiency; hole transport layer; MoS2; SCAPS-1D; solar cell; tin-based perovskite