Comparative Study of Temperature Effect on Thin Film Solar Cells

Автори Mahfoud Abderrezek1, Mohamed Fathi1, Farid Djahli2
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1L.I.S Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Faculty of Technology, University of Setif 1, 19000, Setif, Algeria

2L.I.S Laboratory, Department of Electronics, Faculty of Technology, University of Setif 1, 19000, Setif, Algeria

Е-mail mahfoud_cbi@yahoo.fr
Випуск Том 10, Рік 2018, Номер 2
Дати Одержано 07.12.2017; опубліковано online 29.04.2018
Посилання Mahfoud Abderrezek, Mohamed Fathi, Farid Djahli, J. Nano- Electron. Phys. 10 No 2, 02027 (2018)
DOI https://doi.org/10.21272/jnep.10(2).02027
PACS Number(s) 68.60.Bs, 78.66.Bz
Ключові слова Thin film (101) , Solar cells (17) , Temperature (46) , CZTS (13) , CIGS (11) , SCAPS-1D (21) .
Анотація

The quaternary compound Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) is considered as an alternative material to replace CIGS material in future manufacturing of thin film solar cells. In this paper, a comparative study of temperature effect on thin film CZTS (Cu2ZnSnS4) and CIGS (Cu(In, Ga)Se2) solar cells was leaded. For this purpose we used the one dimensional simulation program tool SCAPS-1D (Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator in one Dimension. The dependence of the CZTS and CIGS solar cells characteristics with temperature was investigated from 300°K to 360°K. The comparative results showed that the cell with CZTS had an improved behavior at high operation temperatures. The maximum power coefficients, depending on temperature variations, were respectively – 1.8 mW/cm2 °K and – 7.84 mW/cm2 °K.

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