Advanced Physical Research

ISSN Print: 2663-8436

ISSN Online: 3105-3548

Advanced Physical Research is an open access Journal, publishing fully peer-reviewed original and review papers as well as brief reports on topics in all areas of theoretical and applied physics. The journal provides a platform for researchers who wish to summarize a field of physics research and share this work as widely as possible. The published papers provide an overview of the main developments on a particular topic, with an emphasis on recent developments, and sketch an outlook on future developments.

Submission Current Issue Archive Special Issues

Study the Effect of Temperature on the CZTS Absorption Layer using SCAPS 1D

Published: 08-06-2026

https://doi.org/10.62476/apr82345

Abstract

This study utilised the SCAPS-1D simulation program to examine the electrical performance, under AM1.5 illumination, of a CZTS-based thin-film solar cell having the following structure: FTO/TiO₂/CZTS/Cu₂O. Under idealised parameters, such as homogeneous defect distribution, simplified interface recombination, and optimised doping profiles, the simulation was run. These factors combined result in a theoretical maximum efficiency of 25.41 percent. The gap between this number and the experimentally reported record efficiency for CZTS cells (~13%) is a result of numerical simulations using idealised material characteristics, which is worthy of attention.. The primary objective of this work is to systematically study the effect of absorber layer thickness and operating temperature on key photovoltaic parameters including short-circuit current density (J_sc), open-circuit voltage (V_oc), fill factor (FF), and power conversion efficiency (η). The cell efficiency was found to decrease from approximately 25.24% to 11.51% as the operating temperature increased from 300 K to 500 K.