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عنوان	Lead‑free MAGeI3 as a suitable alternative for MAPbI3 in nanostructured perovskite solar cells: a simulation study
نوع پژوهش	مقاله چاپ‌شده در مجلات علمی
کلیدواژه‌ها	Nanomaterials, Environment-friendly solar cells, TiO2, Photovoltaic nanodevices, Mott–Schottky curves
چکیده	The lead is a heavy metal with hazardous impacts on environment and human life. Lead-free perovskite solar cells have attracted much attention in recent years, due to eco-friendly characteristics. Meanwhile, Pb-containing cells showed the highest efficiencies among the various types of cells. Hence, designing novel Pb-free solar cells with comparable or better performance than the Pb-containing ones is highly required. In this work, a lead-free methyl-ammonium-germaniumiodide ( MAGeI3)-based perovskite solar cell with ITO/TiO2/MAGeI3/Spiro-OMeTAD/Ag multilayer nanostructure has been proposed and its main characteristics including open-circuit voltage ( VOC) and power conversion efficiency (η) have been evaluated and compared with those of MAPbI3- based cell, in simulation study. The VOC and η of the MAGeI3- based cell (1.18 V and 11.9%) have been found comparable with those of the MAPbI3 one (1.10 V and 14.6%). These results can excite more attention to Ge as a more environment-friendly element than Pb, in highly efficient upcoming perovskite solar cells.
پژوهشگران	احسان نظرزاده زارع (نفر پنجم)، الهام نوروزی افشار (نفر چهارم)، نوید ربیعی (نفر سوم)، امید اخوان (نفر دوم)، مسعود مهرابیان (نفر اول)