International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Technology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 5

The Influence of Temperature on the Electric Parameters of a Solar Cell Based on Cu(In, Ga)Se2

  • Author:
  • NIANE Djimba1, EHEMBA Alain Kassine1,, DIALLO Demba1, Ibrahima WADE1, DIENG Moustapha1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 247 to 251

1Laboratory of Semiconductors and Solar Energy, Physics Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Cheikh Anta Diop-Dakar-Senegal

*Corresponding Email: ehembaalain@yahoo.fr

Online published on 6 March, 2017.

Abstract

We used the simulation program Solar Cell Capacitance Sumilator in 1 Dimension (SCAPS-1D) to study the influence of temperature on the electrical parameters of a solar cell based of heterojunction CIGS/CdS/ZnO under constant illumination (1000W/m2) under the conditions AM1.5G. The parameters studied are the short circuit current density(JSC), the open circuit voltage (Voc), the form factor (FF), the efficiency of the cell (η) and the external quantum efficiency (QE) in the range of 273K to 333 K. The simulation shows that the JSC increases while the Voc decreases as a function of temperature. The increase in Jsc causes significant external quantum efficiency and the reduction of Voc and the maximum power affects the FF thus decreasing the efficiency of the solar cell.

Keywords

Solar cell, CIGS, SCAPS-1D, Temperature, Macroscopic electrical parameters