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Numerical analysis of high-efficiency lead-free perovskite solar cell with NiO as hole transport material and PCBM as electron transport material

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In this work a lead free perovskite solar cell structure is proposed with NiO as the hole transport material (HTM), CH3NH3SnI3 as the perovskite absorber material and PCBM (phenyl C61 butyric acid methyl ester) as the electron transport material (ETM). Numerical analysis of the designed solar cell is performed using Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS-1D) program. The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of the optimized device stack is found to be above 29% with Voc = 0.98 V, Jsc = 34.86 mA/cm2, FF = 85.64%. The lead free perovskite solar cell with different HTM and ETM may be investigated for high PCE.

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Acknowledgements

This Publication is an outcome of the R&D work undertaken in the project under the Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, being implemented by Digital India Corporation (formerly Media Lab Asia). The authors acknowledge Dr. Marc Burgelman, University of Gent for providing SCAPS-1D solver to carry out the work. Acknowledgment also goes to SERIS-NUS Singapore for providing the opportunity to carry out the research work.

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  1. Microelectronics and VLSI Design Group, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Silchar, Assam, 788010, India

    T. R. Lenka & A. C. Soibam

  2. Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB30HE, UK

    K. Dey

  3. Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117574, Singapore

    T. Maung & F. Lin

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117583, Singapore

    T. Maung

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Lenka, T.R., Soibam, A.C., Dey, K. et al. Numerical analysis of high-efficiency lead-free perovskite solar cell with NiO as hole transport material and PCBM as electron transport material. CSIT 8, 111–116 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40012-020-00291-7

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