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A theoretical study on internal losses of heat generation in inorganic metal oxide charge transporting layers-based inverted PSC

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The strategy to reduce the internal and external sources of heat generation is arguably the general goal of optimizing the performance of the photovoltaic systems faced by many technologists. Therefore, in this research, an optoelectronic coupled thermal model is applied to investigate a part of internal losses affecting the performance of the perovskite solar cell (PSC) by COMSOL Multiphysics package. After the initial simulation of an inorganic metal oxide charge transporting materials-based inverted PSC, four sources of internal heat generation, including thermalization, non-radiative, Joule, and Peltier, are studied on this proposed structure in detail. By calculating the efficiency obtained from the current density–voltage curve of reference PSC without temperature distribution with the efficiencies of the cell at the temperature raised using each of the internal heat sources, it is found that thermalization and non-radiative heat are the main efficiency-limiting factors. In contrast, Peltier and Joule heat only account for tiny proportion of the total heat. Moreover, total heat generation calculated from all internal loss sources shows an increased temperature from 293.16 to 303.08 K, which leads to a drop in efficiency from 14.74 to 13.51%. This detailed simulation analysis reveals that the knowledge of internal loss sources in devices can be highly instructive for applying appropriate techniques to mitigate parasitic heating in the PSCs.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. Morteza Maleki for the additional training of the software and the very informative information for upgrading our simulation results.

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  1. Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran

    Samaneh Mozaffari & Zeynab Kiamehr

  2. Physics Department, Tafresh University, Tafresh, Iran

    Zeynab Kiamehr

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Mozaffari, S., Kiamehr, Z. A theoretical study on internal losses of heat generation in inorganic metal oxide charge transporting layers-based inverted PSC. Opt Quant Electron 55, 826 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-05119-7

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