Simulations of Heterojunction and Tandem Solar Cells Based on 3C Silicon Carbide

Kabe Moyème,Pasquinelli Marcel,Ottaviani Laurent,Lare Yendoubé,Toure Moussa

doi:10.4236/jamp.2020.811177

Abstract

In order to improve the efficiency of solar cells based on cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC), one heterojunction solar cell and two tandem structures were simulated under AM1.5 illumination using SCAPS software. The cells’ performances were studied according to the thickness of the silicon carbide layers. Simulation results allowed to achieve an efficiency of 22.03% with a tandem junction structure using an optimal thickness of 3C-SiC layer.

Highlights

In order to improve the efficiency of solar cells based on cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC), one heterojunction solar cell and two tandem structures were simulated under AM1.5 illumination using SCAPS software
In order to contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of photovoltaic cellswhile considerably reducing the number of materials to be used in this better photovoltaic efficiency, the purpose of this paper is thetheoretical study, in the form of SCAPS simulation, of different structures of solar cells based on silicon carbide 3C-SiC
Cell 1: Simple Heterojunction n + SiC/pSi. This part shows a simple junction of the solar cell based on silicon carbide 3C which are developed in [12]

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Introduction

In order to improve the efficiency of solar cells based on cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC), one heterojunction solar cell and two tandem structures were simulated under AM1.5 illumination using SCAPS software. The field of renewable energies and that of photovoltaic continue to grow today thanks to new development of techniques and especially in the improvement of photovoltaic conversion In this area, silicon is the most used materialdespite being limited in some applications. There have been some studies on this materials for example: Shunsuke Ogawa et al. In order to contribute to the improvement of the efficiency of photovoltaic cellswhile considerably reducing the number of materials to be used (case of multi-junction cells) in this better photovoltaic efficiency, the purpose of this paper is thetheoretical study, in the form of SCAPS simulation, of different structures of solar cells based on silicon carbide 3C-SiC

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