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Optimal Design and Simulation of High-Efficiency SnS-Based Solar Cell

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Silicon-based solar cells are ruling the present photovoltaic market, but the associated high cost is a hindrance for competing with low-cost fossil fuel, coal-based energy sources. In semiconductor technology, efforts persist on sustainable materials. In this paper, tin sulfide is used as absorber layer for device modeling and discussed for an offset at the heterojunction, carrier density at the absorber/buffer layer. Different factors affecting solar cells outcomes are analyzed, mainly physical parameters of absorber and buffer layer. After optimization of different parameters of the cell module, the photo-conversion efficiency under the standard AM 1.5 illumination condition of the SnS-based photovoltaic cell is 24.87%.

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  1. Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, Bihar, 801103, India

    Ayush Bakliwal & Saurabh Kumar Pandey

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, IITRAM, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Dipankar Deb

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    Valentina E. Balas

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Silchar, Assam, India

    Rajeeb Dey

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Bakliwal, A., Pandey, S.K. (2019). Optimal Design and Simulation of High-Efficiency SnS-Based Solar Cell. In: Deb, D., Balas, V., Dey, R. (eds) Innovations in Infrastructure. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 757. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1966-2_57

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