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Optimization of highly efficient inorganic lead-free double perovskite solar cells via SCAPS-1D

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A planar architecture double perovskite solar cell (DPSC) has been proposed and modeled employing Pb free La2NiMnO6 absorber layer. In present work, fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) is employed as transparent electrode, tungsten disulfide (WS2) is used as ETL, cuprous oxide (Cu2O) as HTL and La2NiMnO6 material is utilized as an absorber layer using the simulation program Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator-One Dimensional (SCAPS-1D). Notably, the configuration of the proposed device is FTO/WS2/La2NiMnO6/Cu2O/Au which demonstrates power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.41%. Several parameters affecting device performance such as absorber thickness, defect density, series and shunt resistance, interface defect density and various back metal contacts are studied and optimized. The structure exhibits PCE 18.89%, fill factor (FF) 85.52%, open-circuit voltage (Voc) 0.7919 V, and current density (Jsc) 27.89 mA/cm2. The results of the current work might be beneficial for researchers in designing low-cost, highly efficient, and non-toxic inorganic DPSC.

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Acknowledgements

This work was funded by the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSPD2023R664) King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The author expresses his indebtedness to Dr. Marc Burgelman, for SCAPS-ID simulation tool, University of Ghent, Belgium.

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 This work was funded by the Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSPD2023R664) King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Photonics and Photovoltaic Research Lab (PPRL), Department of Physics and Material Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, 273010, India

    Ashwini Singh, D. K. Dwivedi & Surbhi Agarwal

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, 273010, India

    Vaibhava Srivastava & Pooja Lohia

  3. Institute of Advanced Materials, IAAM, 59053, Gammalkilsvägen, Ulrika, Sweden

    Sachin Singh

  4. Department of Applied Sciences, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, 201306, India

    Sadanand

  5. Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 208016, India

    Shambhavi Rai

  6. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Mohamed Ouladsmane

  7. Institute of Electronics, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, 1349, Bangladesh

    M. Khalid Hossain

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Singh, A., Srivastava, V., Singh, S. et al. Optimization of highly efficient inorganic lead-free double perovskite solar cells via SCAPS-1D. J Opt (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12596-023-01440-2

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