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ArticleScientific reports2023

Performance optimization of efficient PbS quantum dots solar cells through numerical simulation.

Sandeep Kumar, Pragya Bharti, Basudev Pradhan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sandeep KumarDepartment of Energy Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi, 835205, Jharkhand, India.
Pragya BhartiDepartment of Energy Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi, 835205, Jharkhand, India.
Basudev PradhanDepartment of Energy Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi, 835205, Jharkhand, India. basudev.pradhan@cuj.ac.in.

Funding

Science and Engineering Research Board SR/S2/RJN-55/2012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) solar cells are less efficient because of the carrier recombination within the material. The electron and hole transport layers have high impact on the performance of CQDs based solar cells which makes its investigation a very important component of the development of the more efficient devices. In this work, we have tried performance optimization in tetrabutyl ammonium iodide capped lead sulfide (PbS) CQDs (PbS-TBAI) as absorber layers based solar cells by incorporating different hole transport layers (HTLs) to achieve better power conversion efficiency (PCE) in different device architectures by SCAPS-1D numerical simulation software. It was observed from the simulation that the ITO/TiO

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PMID37386087
PMCPMC10310699

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