Prospects of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) as an alternative absorber layer material in thin film solar cells from numerical modeling

H. Rashid; K. S. Rahman; Mohammad Hossain; Nouar Tabet; Fahhad Alharbi; N. Amin

Prospects of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) as an alternative absorber layer material in thin film solar cells from numerical modeling

H. Rashid, K. S. Rahman, Mohammad Hossain, Nouar Tabet, Fahhad Alharbi, N. Amin

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Abstract

Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS₂) is a potential low cost, alternative sunlight harvester for a possible replacement of the conventional photovoltaic materials. It is a suitable photovoltaic absorber material mainly due to its optimum optical and electrical properties. In this work, we numerically analyze both hetero-junction and homo-junction device structures of MoS2 by ID-Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator (SCAPS). Both n-ZnO/n- CdS/p-MoS₂ and n-MoS₂/p-MoS₂ show the conversion efficiencies above 19%. We also study various window layer materials to optimize the performance of the hetero-junction structure. The analysis includes the device stability as well operating temperature. The analyzed results indicate the feasible fabrication of high efficiency MoS₂ based solar cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-403
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chalcogenide Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	8
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

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Keywords

Absorber Layer
Electrical Performance
MoS
SCAPS
Thin Film Solar Cells
TMDC Materials

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Rashid, H., Rahman, K. S., Hossain, M., Tabet, N., Alharbi, F., & Amin, N. (2014). Prospects of molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) as an alternative absorber layer material in thin film solar cells from numerical modeling. Chalcogenide Letters, 11(8), 397-403.

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