Theses and Dissertations

Date of Award

12-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor

Dr. Hasina Huq

Second Advisor

Dr. Jaime Ramos Salas

Third Advisor

Dr. Weidong Kuang

Abstract

Commercialization of Perovskite solar cells as a clean energy source can augment the reduction of carbon footprint. CsPbI3, a well-known perovskite material, has been synthesized in ambient air and high-humidity conditions and utilized as the active layer in a perovskite solar cell. The rest of the solar cell layers have been sputter-deposited. This solar cell with a p-i-n configuration ITO/NiOx/CsPbI3/ZnO/Au exhibited a champion efficiency of 3.7%. Nonetheless, lead incorporation in the conventional Pb-cation-based perovskites poses an environmental threat. The physical proximity of living organisms to lead point sources exhibits a wide spectrum of negative consequences. In this study, we have also explored the photovoltaic performance of the Cs3Sb2I9 as an absorber using SCAPS-1D software. A planar, regular architecture with device configuration of FTO/TiO2/ Cs3Sb2I9/NiOx/Au has been proposed and numerically simulated. The best-optimized device yielded a maximum power conversion efficiency of 17.49%, open-circuit voltage Voc of 1.4 V, short-circuit current Jsc of 15.33 mA/cm2 , and fill factor FF of 80.95%.

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