Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach
This study investigated the effect of an inorganic interlayer (IL) of WS2 on the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The device configuration with IL consisted of Au/CuSbS2/CH3NH3SnI3/WS2/ZnO/Glass structure. The chemical instability of ZnO causes rapid perovskite breakdown upon its contac...
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| description | This study investigated the effect of an inorganic interlayer (IL) of WS2 on the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The device configuration with IL consisted of Au/CuSbS2/CH3NH3SnI3/WS2/ZnO/Glass structure. The chemical instability of ZnO causes rapid perovskite breakdown upon its contact with metal halide perovskites. This can be addressed by inserting the IL between these two materials. The effect of different parameters including the thickness of WS2 and perovskite, the defect density of perovskite, and interfaces were investigated. Moreover, the impact of doping density of WS2 and the electron affinities of ZnO, CuSbS2, and WS2 were also studied. The results showed that the device performance with IL enhanced remarkably as PCE of 34.38%, JSC of 33.30 mA/cm2, VOC of 1.13 V, and FF of 91.16% compared to the device without IL. The research highlights the significant potential of interlayer-based PSCs and provides valuable insights for their further development. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bf05a4a044ee4192a11991d918b70e832025-08-20T02:42:01ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113503405035210.1109/ACCESS.2025.354960610918641Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical ApproachAqsa Islam0Nasim Ullah1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5536-3560Vojtech Blazek2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0508-8518Lukas Prokop3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0495-5499Hafeez Anwar4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0473-850XDepartment of Physics, University of Agriculture at Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif, Saudi ArabiaENET Center, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech RepublicENET Center, VSB—Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Physics, University of Agriculture at Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanThis study investigated the effect of an inorganic interlayer (IL) of WS2 on the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). The device configuration with IL consisted of Au/CuSbS2/CH3NH3SnI3/WS2/ZnO/Glass structure. The chemical instability of ZnO causes rapid perovskite breakdown upon its contact with metal halide perovskites. This can be addressed by inserting the IL between these two materials. The effect of different parameters including the thickness of WS2 and perovskite, the defect density of perovskite, and interfaces were investigated. Moreover, the impact of doping density of WS2 and the electron affinities of ZnO, CuSbS2, and WS2 were also studied. The results showed that the device performance with IL enhanced remarkably as PCE of 34.38%, JSC of 33.30 mA/cm2, VOC of 1.13 V, and FF of 91.16% compared to the device without IL. The research highlights the significant potential of interlayer-based PSCs and provides valuable insights for their further development.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10918641/Interlayertungsten disulfideoptimal performancepower conversion efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Aqsa Islam Nasim Ullah Vojtech Blazek Lukas Prokop Hafeez Anwar Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach IEEE Access Interlayer tungsten disulfide optimal performance power conversion efficiency |
| title | Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach |
| title_full | Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach |
| title_short | Exploring the Potential of Tungsten Disulfide Interlayer for Perovskite Solar Cell Performance Enhancement Through Numerical Approach |
| title_sort | exploring the potential of tungsten disulfide interlayer for perovskite solar cell performance enhancement through numerical approach |
| topic | Interlayer tungsten disulfide optimal performance power conversion efficiency |
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