Research Article

Numerical Simulation of High Efficiency Environment Friendly CuBi2O4-Based Thin-Film Solar Cell Using SCAPS-1D

Table 1

Required parameters for the simulation of ITO/TiO2/CuBi2O4 (CB = conduction band; VB = valence band).

Parameters (unit)ITO (ETL) [31]TiO2 (buffer) [19]CuBi2O4 (absorber) [14]

Thickness (μm)0.230.052
Bandgap (eV)3.63.21.5
Electron affinity (eV)4.14.23.72
Dielectric permittivity (relative)101034
CB effective DOS (cm−3)
VB effective DOS (cm−3)
Electron thermal velocity (cm/s)
Hole thermal velocity (cm/s)
Electron mobility (cm2/V-s)
Hole mobility (cm2/V-s)
Donor density (cm−3)0
Acceptor density (cm−3)00