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Guidelines for the Design of High-Performance Perovskite Based Solar Cells

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In the aim of finding the optimal solar cell structure which allows better efficiency, stability and reduced cost, a general study of a Methyl Ammonium lead Iodide CH₃NH₃PbI₃ based perovskite solar cell is made. Three different electron transport material compounds ETMs; TiO₂, ZnO and SnO₂ are comparatively studied considering the same hole transport material HTM, Spiro-OMeTAD. The photovoltaic parameters, i.e. the open circuit voltage (V_oc), the short circuit current (J_sc) and the power conversion efficiency (PCE) are performed considering the ETM layers thicknesses, and the defect densities in both interfaces ETM/Perovskite and Perovskite/HTM. It is found that solar cell with SnO₂ present the highest PCE for almost all configurations. Finally, the optimized cell is simulated with different organic and inorganic HTMs such as PEDOT: PSS, Cul and CuSbS₂.

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Key Engineering Materials (Volume 922)

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Khaoula Amri*, Rabeb Belghouthi, Michel Aillerie, Rached Gharbi

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Defect Density, Electron Transport Materials, Hole Transport Materials, Perovskite, Solar Cells

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