Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
4-6-2020
Year of Publication
2020
Degree Name
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Engineering
Department/School/Program
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Dr. Vijay P. Singh
Abstract
Numerical simulations are performed to investigate the effects of host nanotube parameters (pore diameter and pitch for different CdS coverages) and CdTe doping density on device performance in nanowire CdS/ CdTe solar cells using SCAPS-1D. This research finds the optimum values for these parameters in order to achieve the highest efficiency. Experimentally the effect of anodization voltage and fluoride ion concentration on the pore diameter and the pitch are studied for the Titania nanotubes host. It is observed that in the range of 0.3 mL to 2 mL of ammonium fluoride content, pore diameter and the pitch of the Titania nanotube host matrix, fabricated in ethylene glycol-based electrolyte, is rather insensitive to the ammonium fluoride concentration. It is also shown that anodization voltage is the more effective parameter, which can be tailored and optimized to fabricate Titania Nanotube arrays of desired porosity. The bulk series resistance of the device, in addition to the CdTe doping density, varies upon varying the pore diameter and the pitch of the nanotubes for various fractions of CdS coverages. In this work, theoretical absorption profile was interpolated using the experimentally obtained absorption spectrum for various fractions of CdS coverages. The highest efficiency for this NW-CdS/CdTe solar cell structure at 300°K was found to be 25.93% with short circuit current of 28.3 mA cm-2, open circuit voltage of 1.11 V and fill factor of 0.825; this was obtained when the pore diameter and the pitch of the host nanotube was in the range of 2.35nm – 23.48nm and 100nm – 1000nm respectively and the CdTe doping density was 1017 cm-3. Thus, it is shown that the host nanotube parameters (pore diameter and pitch for different CdS coverages) and CdTe doping density can be tailored to give optimum device performance.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2020.150
Recommended Citation
Kumar, Deepak, "INVESTIGATION OF HOST NANOTUBE PARAMETERS FOR ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF NANOSTRUCTURED CDS-CDTE SOLAR CELLS" (2020). Theses and Dissertations--Electrical and Computer Engineering. 150.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ece_etds/150
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