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The Effect of Different AR Nanostructures on the Optical Performance of Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskite Semiconductor Solar Cell

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Nanostructures exhibit excellent antireflection (AR) properties allowing for broadband antireflection and increasing the light incoupling in solar cells. In this paper, the optical effect of different nanostructures on the front side of an organic–inorganic halide perovskite semiconductor solar cell is studied. The transfer matrix optical simulation method (TMM) will be used to model and simulate the solar cell while using the effective medium theory (EMT) to model the effective refractive indices of the nanostructures. By optimizing the height of each nanostructure, it was found that the moth-eye nanostructure had the best performance, reducing the reflection by ~ 7.8%, thus enhancing the optical current density by ~ 13.5% and increasing the overall efficiency by 2.22%. Additional optical analysis methods were used to analyze and characterize the effect of the added AR nanostructures such as the solar-weighted reflectance (SWE), the solar absorptance enhancement (SWR), current density loss analysis (\({J}_{\mathrm{loss}}\)), and finally, the spectral photovoltaic output (SPV).

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This project was funded “fully” by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) under project code: PN18-14SP-01.

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  1. Nader Shehata and Ishac Kandas have equal contribution.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, 13133, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Ali Hajjiah, Hussein Badran & May Omran

  2. Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21544, Egypt

    Nader Shehata & Ishac Kandas

  3. Department of Physics, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Safat 13133, Kuwait City, Kuwait

    Nader Shehata & Ishac Kandas

  4. Faculty of Science, USTAR Bio-Innovation Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84341, USA

    Nader Shehata

  5. Center of Smart Materials, Nanotechnology, and Photonics (CSMPN), Smart Critical Infrastructure (SmartCI) Research Center, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21544, Egypt

    Nader Shehata & Ishac Kandas

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H. B. performed the simulations under the full supervision of A. H. Other members: A. H., N. S., and I. K. contributed in the idea and methodology. A. H. and H. B. wrote the draft version of the paper. A. H., M. O., I. K., and N. S. reviewed and edited the paper. N. S. is the main funding investigator (PI), while I. K. and A. H. are co-PIs. All the authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

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Hajjiah, A., Badran, H., Shehata, N. et al. The Effect of Different AR Nanostructures on the Optical Performance of Organic–Inorganic Halide Perovskite Semiconductor Solar Cell. Plasmonics 17, 581–595 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-021-01547-x

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