Study of CdTe/CdS solar cell at low power density for low-illumination applications

Journal Article · Fri May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946246· OSTI ID:22591343

Devi, Nisha; Aziz, Anver ^[1]; Datta, Shouvik ^[2]

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1. Department Of Physics, Solar PV Lab, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 (India)
2. Department of Physics, IISER-Pune, Dr.homi Bhabha road, Pashan, Pune-411008 (India)

In this paper, we numerically investigate CdTe/CdS PV cell properties using a simulation program Solar Cell Capacitance Simulator in 1D (SCAPS-1D). A simple structure of CdTe PV cell has been optimized to study the effect of temperature, absorber thickness and work function at very low incident power. Objective of this research paper is to build an efficient and cost effective solar cell for portable electronic devices such as portable computers and cell phones that work at low incident power because most of such devices work at diffused and reflected sunlight. In this report, we simulated a simple CdTe PV cell at very low incident power, which gives good efficiency.

• OSTI ID: 22591343
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1728, Issue 1; Conference: ICC 2015: International conference on condensed matter and applied physics, Bikaner (India), 30-31 Oct 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CADMIUM SULFIDES
CADMIUM TELLURIDES
CAPACITANCE
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ILLUMINANCE
POWER DENSITY
SIMULATORS
SOLAR CELLS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
WORK FUNCTIONS