Abstract:
Renewable energies are particularly interesting. Indeed, they are permanent, clean
and no dangerous for environment. In this work, we were interested by photovoltaic
solar energy. It is obtained by direct conversion of solar rays into electricity. Many
branches exist in this field. They are characterized by the employed materials and
the involved technology. However, the ratio price/efficiency is the main problem.
Actually, the branch organic materials become an interesting field of research
because of their lower prices. However, the efficiency of these based solar cells are
very low.
In this work, we have performed an investigation by simulation to predict the output
characteristics of such solar cells. We have used the AMPS-1D software which has
been released with the permission of Penn Sylvania State University. We have
studied two structures where the active layer was based on poly(3-hexylthiophen)
(P3HT) and [6-6]-phenyl-C61-butanoate of methyl (PCBM) materials. We have
performed considerable efforts to run the program and obtain favorable efficiencies.
Several parameters have been taken into account such as the thickness of the active
layer and temperature. The obtained results were good and in agreement with
literature.
