The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation
This work examines the effects of the Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) absorber layer on the performance of a CIGS photovoltaic cell through numerical simulation using Analysis of Microelectronic and Photonic Structure – 1Dimensional (AMPS – 1D) software. The band gap energy and thickness of...
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| author | Junaidu, Mustapha Hassan Ying, Josephine Chyi Liew Mohammed Aliyu, Mannir Bello, Musa Kabeer, Sulayman Muhammad Shuaibu, Alhassan Talib, Zainal Abidin |
| author_facet | Junaidu, Mustapha Hassan Ying, Josephine Chyi Liew Mohammed Aliyu, Mannir Bello, Musa Kabeer, Sulayman Muhammad Shuaibu, Alhassan Talib, Zainal Abidin |
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| description | This work examines the effects of the Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) absorber layer on the performance of a CIGS
photovoltaic cell through numerical simulation using Analysis of Microelectronic and Photonic Structure – 1Dimensional (AMPS – 1D)
software. The band gap energy and thickness of the CIGS absorber layer were varied while keeping the other properties, such as carrier
concentration of the CdS buffer and ZnO window layers, constant. The optimum value obtained for the band gap energy of the CIGS
absorber layer was 1.2 eV, while the thickness was 2500 nm. These optimum values were used to simulate the optimum CIGS solar cell
with 83.2% fill factor, 0.718 V open circuit voltage, 28.8 mA/cm2
short circuit current density, and conversion efficiency of 17.197%. |
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| spelling | upm-1105932024-05-16T14:01:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110593/ The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation Junaidu, Mustapha Hassan Ying, Josephine Chyi Liew Mohammed Aliyu, Mannir Bello, Musa Kabeer, Sulayman Muhammad Shuaibu, Alhassan Talib, Zainal Abidin This work examines the effects of the Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) absorber layer on the performance of a CIGS photovoltaic cell through numerical simulation using Analysis of Microelectronic and Photonic Structure – 1Dimensional (AMPS – 1D) software. The band gap energy and thickness of the CIGS absorber layer were varied while keeping the other properties, such as carrier concentration of the CdS buffer and ZnO window layers, constant. The optimum value obtained for the band gap energy of the CIGS absorber layer was 1.2 eV, while the thickness was 2500 nm. These optimum values were used to simulate the optimum CIGS solar cell with 83.2% fill factor, 0.718 V open circuit voltage, 28.8 mA/cm2 short circuit current density, and conversion efficiency of 17.197%. International Scientific Organization 2023 Article PeerReviewed Junaidu, Mustapha Hassan and Ying, Josephine Chyi Liew and Mohammed Aliyu, Mannir and Bello, Musa and Kabeer, Sulayman Muhammad and Shuaibu, Alhassan and Talib, Zainal Abidin (2023) The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation. International Journal of Chemical and Biochemical Sciences, 24 (7). pp. 74-80. ISSN 2226-9614 https://www.iscientific.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-IJCBS-23-24-7-04.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Junaidu, Mustapha Hassan Ying, Josephine Chyi Liew Mohammed Aliyu, Mannir Bello, Musa Kabeer, Sulayman Muhammad Shuaibu, Alhassan Talib, Zainal Abidin The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| title | The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| title_full | The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| title_fullStr | The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| title_short | The effects of CIGS absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of CIGS thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| title_sort | effects of cigs absorber layer thickness and band gap energy on the performance of cigs thin film solar cell: a numerical simulation |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110593/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110593/ |