Novel perovskite solar cell with Distributed Bragg Reflector

PLoS One. 2021 Dec 9;16(12):e0259778. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259778. eCollection 2021.

Abstract

This paper reports numerical modeling of perovskite solar cell which has been knotted with Distributed Bragg Reflector pairs to extract high energy efficiency. The geometry of the proposed cells is simulated with three different kinds of perovskite materials including CH3NH3PbI3, CH3NH3PbBr3, and CH3NH3SnI3. The toxic perovskite material based on Lead iodide and lead bromide appears to be more efficient as compared to non-toxic perovskite material. The executed simulated photovoltaic parameters with the highest efficient structure are open circuit voltage = 1.409 (V), short circuit current density = 24.09 mA/cm2, fill factor = 86.18%, and efficiency = 24.38%. Moreover, a comparison of the current study with different kinds of structures has been made and surprisingly our novel geometry holds enhanced performance parameters that are featured with back reflector pairs (Si/SiO2). The applied numerical approach and presented designing effort of geometry are beneficial to obtain results that have the potential to address problems with less efficient thin-film solar cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Calcium Compounds / chemistry*
  • Iodides / chemistry*
  • Lead / chemistry*
  • Methylamines / chemistry
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Solar Energy
  • Titanium / chemistry*

Substances

  • Calcium Compounds
  • Iodides
  • Methylamines
  • Oxides
  • perovskite
  • lead bromide
  • Lead
  • methylamine
  • Titanium

Grants and funding

This work was sponsored through grants awarded to ST by Chongqing Industrial Control System Security Situational Awareness Platform, 2019 Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Project – Provincial Industrial Control System Security Situational Awareness Platform, Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 4212015), Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61801008), China Ministry of Education - China Mobile Scientific Research Foundation (No. MCM20200102), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2020M670074), and the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education Foundation (No. KM201910005025).