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Mohammad Razaghi

Mohammad Razaghi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 9639430800
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Address: Room #210, Building #1, School of Engineering
Phone: 087-33664600

Research

Title
Investigation of optical and electrical properties of novel 4T all perovskite tandem solar cell
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
solar cell, tandem,4 terminal, electrical properties
Year
2022
Journal Scientific Reports
DOI
Researchers Mahsa Moradbeigi ، Mohammad Razaghi

Abstract

In this paper, a combined three-dimensional (3D) optical-electrical simulation of non-pb and flexible four-terminal (4T) all perovskite tandem solar cell (APTSC) is presented. In this structure, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is used as substrates, while the top sub cell has a MAGeI3 absorber layer and the bottom sub cell has a MASnI3 absorber layer. This structure is used as a reference in this paper and the optical and electrical properties of it are investigated using the finite element method (FEM). It is shown that this structure has a total power conversion efficiency (PCE) of 24.65% . Then, the elimination of the buffer layer and the addition of antireflection layer (ARL) strategies, as well as the use of periodic nano-texture patterns, are used to increase the reference structure’s total PCE. A free-buffer layer tandem device is presented to minimize the parasitic absorption. While the total PCE is improved by 1.14% in this case, one of the fabrication steps is also eliminated. A plasma-polymerfluorocarbon (PPFC) coating layer is suggested as ARL on the substrates of both sub cells to reduce reflection loss. With optimized these layers thickness, total PCE is increased by 12.76% . Because the PPFC layer is hydrophobic, the top surface of two sub cells in this structure has self-cleaning characteristic. As a result, this device offers long-term moisture resistance. Finally, the best structure in terms of the maximum total PCE is presented by increasing optical path-length utilizing nanophotonic and nano-plasmonic structures. The final structure is offered as a 4T tandem solar cell (TSC) that is environmentally friendly, extremely flexible, and has self-cleaning capability, with a total PCE of 30.14% , which is greater than the total PCE of the reference structure by 22.27%.