Performance Enhancement of Kesterite Solar Cell with Doped-Silicon Back Surface Field Layer
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Kesterite materials such as copper-zinc-tin-sulphide (CZTS) and copper-zinc-tin-selenide (CZTSe) are potential candidates for cost effective photovoltaic applications. However, the material suffers low carrier collection efficiency due back contact and recombination rate. The use of doped-silicon layer as an back surface field layer could save the device from such issues. In this paper, the impact of BSF layer on solar cell performance is analyzed. Numerical investigation on the influence of different loss mechanisms such as radiative recombination and recombination through traps and defects on the performance of the device is presented. A remarkable efficiency is achieved in solar cell with the incorporation of BSF layer.
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OpenAlex topics: Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films · Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties · solar cell performance optimization
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