Elucidating the Effects of Interconnecting Layer Thickness and Bandgap Variations on the Performance of Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell by wxAMPS
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2023-06
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en
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13
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Materials, Volume 16, issue 11
Abstract
In this study, we investigated the pathways for integration of perovskite and silicon solar cells through variation of the properties of the interconnecting layer (ICL). The user-friendly computer simulation software wxAMPS was used to conduct the investigation. The simulation started with numerical inspection of the individual single junction sub-cell, and this was followed by performing an electrical and optical evaluation of monolithic 2T tandem PSC/Si, with variation of the thickness and bandgap of the interconnecting layer. The electrical performance of the monolithic crystalline silicon and CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite tandem configuration was observed to be the best with the insertion of a 50 nm thick (Eg ≥ 2.25 eV) interconnecting layer, which directly contributed to the optimum optical absorption coverage. These design parameters improved the optical absorption and current matching, while also enhancing the electrical performance of the tandem solar cell, which benefited the photovoltaic aspects through lowering the parasitic loss.Description
Funding Information: Authors acknowledge the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (MOHE) for the support given with the HICoE grant for this research with the code 2022003HICOE at the iRMC of Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). Authors also deeply appreciate the publication support from the iRMC of UNITEN with the code “BOLDREFRESH2025—CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE”. The authors would like to thank Rockett, Yiming Liu of UIUC, and Fonash of PSU for providing wxAMPS as a free software simulator. Ili Salwani Mohamad is financially supported by the MOHE and Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.
Keywords
energy, interconnecting layer, monolithic, numerical simulation, perovskite, silicon, solar cell, tandem, wxAMPS
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Mohamad, I S, Doroody, C, Alkharasani, W M, Norizan, M N, Chelvanathan, P, Shahahmadi, S A & Amin, N 2023, ' Elucidating the Effects of Interconnecting Layer Thickness and Bandgap Variations on the Performance of Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Solar Cell by wxAMPS ', Materials, vol. 16, no. 11, 4106, pp. 1-13 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16114106
