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Flexible Broadband Solar Plasmonic Absorber Based on Graded Bandgap Multilayer for the Solar Cells Energy Harvesting with High Conversion Efficiency Sensitivity

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Flexible broadband solar plasmonic absorber is studied based on graded bandgap multilayer for the solar cell energy harvesting with high conversion efficiency sensitivity. The suggested solar cell structure ranges from ultraviolet (UV)/visible to near-infrared regions in AM0 solar cell illumination spectrum. OPAL 2 solar cell simulation software is used for this study. The solar cell structure composed of silicon substrate, window layer with aluminum nitride (AlN), transparent oxide layer with aluminum-doped zinc oxide (ZnO:Al), absorber layer with zinc sulfide (ZnS), and the contact layer with the gallium phosphide (GaP). The suggested solar cell reflection/absorption/transmission is clarified with the clarified wavelength spectrum band. The solar cell reflected/absorbed photocurrent is clarified with different surface morphology types. As well as the solar cell internal quantum efficiency (IQE) is also simulated with different surface morphology types. The solar cell power conversion efficiency is clarified with different substrate layer structures, absorber layer structures, and the contact layer structures. The solar cell equivalent circuit model diagram is clarified. The proposed solar cell achieved a max-power voltage (Vmp) of 423.83 mV, a max-power current (Jmp) of 61.487 mA/cm2, an open-circuit voltage (Voc) of 584.35 mV, a short-circuit current (Jsc) of 66.44 mA/cm2, a fill factor (FF) of 67.12%, and a power conversion efficiency of 26.06%.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of this work, from the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. (grant number: S-1443–0148).

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This research was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR), University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (S-1443–0148).

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  1. Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Hazem M. El-Hageen, Hani Albalawi, Aadel M. Alatwi, Mohammed A. Alhartomi & Madhi Tarikham Alsubaie

  2. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Center (REEEC), University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Hazem M. El-Hageen & Hani Albalawi

  3. Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt

    Hazem M. El-Hageen

  4. Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department, Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Menoufia University, Menouf, 32951, Egypt

    Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed

  5. Faculty of Computers and Information Technology, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    Yousef H. Alfaifi

  6. Faculty of Computers and Informatics, Suez Canal University, Ismalia, Egypt

    Mohamed A. Mead

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Conceptualization, Hazem M. El-Hageen, Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed, Hani Albalawi; data curation, formal analysis, and investigation, Aadel M. Alatwi, Mohammed A. Alhartomi, Mohamed A. Mead, Yousef Alfaifi, and Hani Albalawi; methodology, Hazem M. El-Hageen, and Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed; resources and software, A Aadel M. Alatwi, Mohammed A. Alhartomi, Mohamed A. Mead, and Yousef Alfaifi; supervision and validation, Hazem M. El-Hageen, Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed, and Hani Albalawi; visualization and writing—original draft, A Hazem M. El-Hageen, Ahmed Nabih Zaki Rashed, and Hani Albalawi; writing—review editing, Aadel M. Alatwi, Mohammed A. Alhartomi, Mohamed A. Mead, Yousef Alfaifi, and Madhi Tarikham Alsubaie.

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El-Hageen, H.M., Rashed, A.N.Z., Albalawi, H. et al. Flexible Broadband Solar Plasmonic Absorber Based on Graded Bandgap Multilayer for the Solar Cells Energy Harvesting with High Conversion Efficiency Sensitivity. Plasmonics 19, 885–899 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-023-02031-4

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