Abstract
Search of sustainable energy resources is continued from the decades. The industrialization growth in various domains and socio-economic developments created huge demand of electrical power while the conventional resources are shrinking. This opens doors for research and developments in renewable energy resources such as, Solar, Wind, Hydro and Geothermal Energy sectors. Among these energy solar energy emerged as one of the sustainable energy resource. This research work targeted to improve the efficiency of thin film flexible Copper Indium Gallium Di-Selenide abbreviated as CIGS cell through optimization of buffer layer parameters. The proposed model used zinc sulphide (ZnS) as a potential buffer layer to make the solar cell free from toxic Cadmium (CdS) sulphide. Further the doping profile and width of buffer layers are investigated along with corresponding change in energy states and electrical permittivity of the material. The complete solar cell model is simulated using MATLAB scripting and SCAPS model. the results are compared with the existing result of CdS-CIGS. The ZnS-CIGS model is simulated with variation in thickness of buffer layer and optimized material parameters are determined.
Highlights
Three kinds of solar cells are widely reported, researched and reached to the production level for industrial purpose
Silicon solar cell suffers with high cost, wastage of materials and their size, while organic solar cells suffer with efficiency and cost of industrialization
The buffer layer zinc sulphide (ZnS) deposited over kesteritte material in order to remove the toxic material CdS from the solar cell
Summary
Three kinds of solar cells are widely reported, researched and reached to the production level for industrial purpose. Silicon solar cell suffers with high cost, wastage of materials and their size, while organic solar cells suffer with efficiency and cost of industrialization. Thin film CIGS solar cell shown better flexibility with comparable efficiency and fulfills the demand of battery powered solar cell for hand held devices, wearable gadgets, and toys industries. The presented paper is motivated through the research work reported by Benmir et al.[1]. The buffer layer ZnS deposited over kesteritte material in order to remove the toxic material CdS from the solar cell. The wide optical energy gap and similar crystal structure of doped ZnS make it a potential candidate as a buffer layer for thin film solar cell. A solar irradiance AM1.5 model is considered and simulated as shown in figure 1
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