Algerian Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development
Volume 7, Numéro 1, Pages 124-129
2025-06-15

Impact Of Zinc Sulfide Insulation Layer On The Efficiency Of Cigs Solar Cells

Authors : Laid Abdelali . Abdellah Bouguenna . Aissa Meksi .

Abstract

In this paper, we present a simulation of a CIGS solar cell with a ZnS buffer layer, performed using the Silvaco-Atlas simulator. However, we obtained an efficiency of 24.13%, short-circuit current of 37.81 mA/cm2, an open circuit voltage of740 mV, and a fill factor of 78.78% at was around 1.41 eV, corresponding to an x ratio of 0.5 for the CIGS solar cell using a ZnS buffer layer. We optimized the performance of the ZnS/CIGS solar cell with the improved effects of layer parameters such as thickness and acceptor densities ZnS buffer layers.

Keywords

Buffer layer (ZnS);CIGS;Solar cell;Optimization;Silvaco-Atlas.