Modelling and Numerical Analysis of Ultra Thin High Efficiency Cd1-xZnxS/Cd1-xZnxTe Solar Cell

Ferdaous, Mohammad Tanvirul

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dc.contributor.author	Ferdaous, Mohammad Tanvirul
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-01T08:48:25Z
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dc.date.issued	2015-11-15
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/753
dc.description	Supervised by Dr. Md. Fokhrul Islam Assistant Professor Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Gazipur.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Energy conversion efficiency is a major issue for photovoltaic cells today. Researchers are continuously trying to improve the efficiency level of photovoltaic devices by introducing new materials and advanced concepts. The target is to reach a high efficiency level within affordable cost, which will lead to a mass generation of electricity using photovoltaic devices. In this work, a new structure of CdS/CdTe based solar cell is proposed, where two of the fundamental drawbacks of traditional CdS/CdTe cell are addressed. The relatively low bandgap of CdS window layer, along with a significant lattice mismatch between CdS and CdTe decrease the efficiency of conventional CdS/CdTe solar cell. This work proposes a novel structure where both window (CdS) and absorber (CdTe) layer are replaced by two IIVI ternary alloys, namely, Cd1-xZnxS and Cd1-xZnxTe respectively. These alloys give advantage of variable bandgap by varying Zn concentration in the alloys. A new structure of TCO/ZnO/Cd1-xZnxS/Cd1-xZnxTe/Cu2Te/Ni is proposed, which can easily be achieved by replacing S by Te during various fabrication processes. Numerical analysis was performed with AMPS 1D software and an efficiency of 24.643% was achieved through bandgap engineering, which is higher than the conventional CdS/CdTe solar cell. The solar cell was also found to be stable at higher temperature. A modified solar cell structure was proposed, consisting of TCO/ZnO/Cd1-xZnxS/Cd1- xZnxTe/Cu2Te/Ni in which alloy composition was varied in the window layer for achieving a better windowing effect that gives better Jsc. But it was accompanied by detrimental Voc and FF, which were then improved by varying alloy composition in the absorber layer which improved lattice matching. A small range of Zn x% around x = 0.2 was found, when the proposed two-fold treatment eventually yielded a better efficiency of 24.643%. The lattice mismatching of modified Cd0.8Zn0.2S /Cd0.8Zn0.2Te was found to be 10.16%, which resembles the original CdS/CdTe lattice mismatch. However, this structure yielded better Jsc and Voc, which ultimately resulted in a high efficiency solar cell. The cell also showed very good temperature stability, giving an efficiency gradient of 0.05%/C0.This study shows that careful modification of bandgaps of window and absorber layer can yield better efficiency	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Islamic University of Technology,Board Bazar, Gazipur, Bangladesh	en_US
dc.title	Modelling and Numerical Analysis of Ultra Thin High Efficiency Cd1-xZnxS/Cd1-xZnxTe Solar Cell	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US