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Masood Mehrabian

Masood Mehrabian

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Research

Title
Numerical simulation of CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cell using the Silvaco-Atlas software
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JournalPaper
Keywords
Simulation CdS quantum dot Solar Cell Silvaco Atlas
Year
2016
Journal Optik
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Researchers Masood Mehrabian ، Sina Dalir ، Hussein Shokrvash

Abstract

In this study the Silvaco TCAD software was used for modeling and simulation of two photovoltaic devices with ITO/TiO2/P3HT&PCBM/Ag and ITO/TiO2/CdS/P3HT&PCBM/Ag structures. All the simulation results were compared to experimental measurement data of fabricated solar cells (Chen and Li, 2013) [1]. The current density–voltage (J–V) characteristics and the external quantum efficiency (EQE) were simulated under AM1.5G illumination. The simulated photovoltaic parameters of solar cells, short-circuit current density of 5.80 mA/cm2, open circuit voltage of 0.61 V, the fill factor of 50% and the conversion efficiency 1.8% was obtained for the CdS QDSSC which are in good agreement with the experimental high record data. This improved efficiency is attributed to the increase in light absorption by inserting the CdS QD layer.