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Simulation study of Zinc/cobalt doped methyl ammonium lead iodide for solar cells

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Lead-based Perovskite materials and solar cells attracted attention in the last decade, however, lead toxicity hinders the way to commercialization; therefore, partial or total replacement of lead by environmentally friendly materials is suggested. In this work, wxAMPS software is employed to study the electrical parameters of MAPbI3, MAPbZnI3, and MAPbCoI3 as active layers. The thickness of the different active layers is optimized from 200 nm – 800 nm for the best electrical performance. For MAPbI3, the best photoconversion efficiency (PCE) of 24.54% is achieved at 550 nm thickness, while for MAPbZnI3 23.96% PCE is obtained at 500 nm. MAPbCoI3 achieves the highest PCE of 24.97% at 700 nm. With increasing the active layer thickness, PCE and short-circuit current increase; however, at the same time the fill factor and open-circuit voltage decrease. The quantum efficiency (QE) is simulated at different thicknesses for the three active layers. QE of the cells with different active layers increases with the thickness. The QE in the wavelengths range from 600-800 nm increases from 71% at 200 nm to more than 88% at thicknesses 550, 500, and 700 nm for MAPbI3, MAPbZnI3, and MAPbCoI3, respectively. The PCE is not only affected by the active layer thickness, but also by its defect density. The optimum defect density for the best PCE is obtained at 1x1014 cm-3. This simulation study confirms that MAPbZnI3, and MAPbCoI3, are promising new materials for high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.

DOI

10.21608/ejaps.2023.198806.1059

Keywords

perovskite solar cells, lead toxicity, Perovskite materials, Photovoltaics

Authors

First Name

Alaa

Last Name

Abd Elsamad

MiddleName

Elshahat

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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alaaelshahat303@gmail.com

City

cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-1323-7643

First Name

Nasr

Last Name

Gad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

ngad@sci.asu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-4175-877X

First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

El-Aasser

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-

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

elaasser@gmail.com

City

cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Elseman

MiddleName

Mourtada

Affiliation

Electronic and Magnetic Materials Department, Advanced Materials Division, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute (CMRDI), Helwan, Cairo, Egypt

Email

ahmedmourtada5555@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0001-9297-9866

Volume

61

Article Issue

2

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41010

Issue Date

2023-06-01

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2023-03-18

Publish Date

2023-05-29

Page Start

19

Page End

27

Print ISSN

2090-231X

Online ISSN

2786-0299

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1,912

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Egyptian Journal of Pure and Applied Science

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https://ejpasa.journals.ekb.eg/

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Simulation study of Zinc/cobalt doped methyl ammonium lead iodide for solar cells

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28 Dec 2024