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Abstract

Perovskite solar cells gained importance in the recent years due to high power conversion efficiency and low-cost fabrication methods. Suitable solar cell properties can be obtained by fine tuning process parameters. Charge transport, optical band gap of perovskite absorber and energy band discontinuity on either side of absorber are an important factor in determining cell efficiency. In this work, theoretical studies on cell efficiency were performed as a function of absorber band gap since it determines band discontinuity. Band alignment investigation was performed to minimize band discontinuity between interfaces. Our results show that, valance band discontinuity at HTL/absorber interface (Delta E-v1) increases from 0.01 eV to 0.42 eV as the absorber band gap increases from 1.20 eV to 1.65 eV. On the other hand, valance band discontinuity at absorber/ETL interface (Delta E-v2) decreases from 2.07 eV to 1.62 eV. Conduction band discontinuity on both sides of absorber interface is almost constant and independent of absorber band gap. The increase in Delta E-v1 restricts holes collection which in turn affects cell efficiency. Depending upon Delta E-v1, cell efficiency increased from 24.96% to 29.40% and then decreased to 26.27%. This is due to the fact that maximum acceptable limit for Delta E-v1 is 0.20 eV and holes can reach back electrode when Delta E-v1 <= 0.20 eV. For the absorber band gap of 1.40 eV with Delta E-v1 of 0.17 eV, a high efficiency of 29.40% has been obtained with J(sc) of 28.70 mA/cm(2), V-oc, of 1.24 V, and FF of 82.60%.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to M/s Elsevier.
Subjects:	Energy Fuels
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Mr. Yogesh Joshi
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2026 11:23
Last Modified:	19 Aug 2026 11:23
URI:	https://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/4262

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