Influence of Front Contact Layer on the Performance of Bismuth-Based Perovskite Solar Cells
Numerical analysis has been carried out using SCAPS-1D to investigate the power conversion
efficiency of bismuth-based perovskite solar cells employing various Transparent Conductive
Oxides (TCOs) such as Molybdenum Trioxide (MoO3), Boron-doped Zinc Oxide (BZO) and
Zinc Oxide (ZnO). For the initial simulation, the power conversion efficiencies obtained for
MoO3, BZO and ZnO were 0.24 %, 0.17 % and 0.17 % respectively. The influence of thickness,
donor concentration and working temperature of the TCOs were varied to study their impact
on the device's photovoltaic performance. By varying the thickness, doping concentration and
operating temperature, the electrical parameters observed for the three selected TCOs exhibited
insignificant impact on the device’s performance. However, the highest performance was
achieved using MoO3 at the thickness of 200 nm, donor concentration of 1 × 10ଵ଻ ð‘ð‘šà¬¿à¬·and
the operating temperature of 300 K with the corresponding power conversion efficiency of 0.24
%, Jsc, Voc and FF of 0.2610 mA/cm2, 1.6509 V and 54.97 % respectively. The numerical
simulation shows the potential of designing and fabricating an improved bismuth-based
perovskite solar cell with MoO3 as front contact as an alternative to Fluorine-doped Tin Oxide
(FTO) and Indium-doped Tin Oxide (ITO).