Author(s)

Towhid Adnan Chowdhury

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In copper oxide (CuO) based solar cells, various buffer layers such as CdS, In₂S₃, WS₂ and IGZO have been investigated by solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS) in this work. By varying absorber and buffer layer thickness, photovoltaic parameters (open circuit voltage, fill factor, short-circuit current density and efficiency) are determined. The highest efficiency achieved is 19.6% with WS₂ buffer layer. The impact of temperature on all CuO-based solar cells is also investigated.

Solar cell, Buffer Layer, Efficiency, Hetero-Junction, Scaps-1D

Chowdhury, T. (2023) Simulation Study of CuO-Based Solar Cell with Different Buffer Layers Using SCAPS-1D. Energy and Power Engineering, 15, 307-314. doi: 10.4236/epe.2023.159016.