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Transport Properties of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/NSTO and La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/ZnO Perovskite Solar Cells

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A comprehensive numerical analysis for a Lead- free perovskite solar cell has been carried out using device simulation software. Enumerated study of two types of configurations La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/ZnO (LSMO/ZnO) and La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/Nb–SrTiO3 (LSMO/NSTO) are simulated which gives power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 6.78 and 0.47% after optimizing different parameters using SCAPS-1D numerical simulation. Bandgap analysis of LSMO/NSTO shows 35 and 65% discontinuity in the conduction band and valence band, which directly affect in the collection of charge carriers. While LSMO/ZnO configuration has continuity in the energy bands so large number of carriers collected as compared to NSTO buffer layer and it also leads to higher PCE. Buffer layer thickness optimization is also carried out.

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The authors are grateful to the Marc Burgelman University of Gent, Belgium for providing the solar cell capacitor simulator (SCAPS-1D) software used in our simulation.

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  1. Sensor and Optoelectronics Research Group (SORG), Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar, 801103, India

    Sonu Bishnoi & Saurabh Kumar Pandey

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Bishnoi, S., Pandey, S.K. (2019). Transport Properties of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/NSTO and La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/ZnO Perovskite Solar Cells. In: Sharma, R., Rawal, D. (eds) The Physics of Semiconductor Devices. IWPSD 2017. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 215. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97604-4_69

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