Electrical Performance of Perovskite (CH3NH3PbX3, X=I, Br, Cl) Solar Cell using Copper Thiocyanate (CuSCN) as Hole Transport Layer
Keywords:
CH3NH3PbI3, CH3NH3PbBr3, Copper thiocyanate (CuSCN), C-V and C-F characteristics, Fill Factor (FF), Perovskite solar cell, Power conversion efficiency (PCE), Open Circuit Voltage (Voc), Short Circuit Current Density (Jsc)Abstract
The comprehensive modelling and numerical simulation of perovskite solar cells were carried out utilizing perovskite materials such “methyl ammonium lead halide (MAPbX3, MA= CH3NH3, X=I, Br, Cl)” with the help of SCAPS tools and measured the measurements like "open-circuit voltage (Voc), fill factor (FF), power conversion efficiency (PCE), and short-circuit current density (Jsc) of the MAPbI3, MAPbBr3 and MAPbCl3 material used as active layer, respectively." “In the envisioned structure of the perovskite solar cell, the copper thiocyanate (CuSCN) molecule plays a crucial role as a hole transmitting Layer (HTL).” The features structure parameters for CH3NH3PbI3 like a fill factor (FF) of 89.56, a power conversion rate (PCE) of 30.83%, an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 1.299V, along with a short circuit current density (Jsc) of 26.50 mAcm-2, for the structural parameters of CH3NH3PbBr3 include a fill factor (FF) of 84.34, power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 11.05%, an open circuit voltage (Voc) of 15.12V, as well as a short circuit current density (Jsc) that is 1.050 mAcm-2 and for CH3NH3PbCl3 like a fill factor (FF) of 83.67, density (Jsc) of 1.055 mAcm-2 according to the findings of the simulation.
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