Research Article

A Numerical Approach to Analysis of an Environment-Friendly Sn-Based Perovskite Solar Cell with SnO2 Buffer Layer Using SCAPS-1D

Table 1

Simulation parameters used in SCAPS-1D (where CB stands for conduction band, VB for valence band, and DOS for density of states) and () for variables.

Parameters (unit)ETLBufferAbsorber
ZnO [18]SnO2 [36, 37]CH3NH3SnI3 [18]

Thickness (μm)0.050.051.5
Bandgap (eV)3.23.61.3
Electron affinity (eV)4.144.2
Dielectric permittivity (relative)8.1910
CB effective DOS (cm−3)4.500E + 182.200E + 181.000E + 18
VB effective DOS (cm−3)1.000E + 181.800E + 191.000E + 18
Electron thermal velocity (cm/s)1.000E + 71.000E + 71.000E + 7
Hole thermal velocity (cm/s)1.000E + 71.000E + 71.000E + 7
Electron mobility (cm2/V–s)3.000E + 21.000E + 21.600E + 0
Hole mobility (cm2/V–s)1.000E + 02.500E + 11.600E + 0
Donor density ND (cm−3)1.000E + 195.000E + 140
Acceptor density NA (cm−3)003.200E + 15