Research Article

Optimization and Numerical Modeling of TCO/SnO2/CdS/CdTe Solar Cells

Table 1

Parameters used in solar cell simulation [9].

ParameterTCOSnO2CdSCdTe

Thickness ()
Bandgap (ev)2.4
Electron affinity (ev)4.3
Dielectric ratio10
Electron mobility (cm2/Vs)100
Hole mobility (cm2/Vs)25
Valence band effective density of states (cm−3)
Conduction band effective density of states (cm−3)
Carrier concentration (cm−3)
Carrier concentration (cm−3)
Electron lifetime (ns)1000.011
Hole lifetime (ns)0.01