Study double-walled carbon nanotubes as efficient electron transport materials in organic perovskite solar cells
摘要
This study presents a detailed numerical simulation of environmentally friendly, lead-free perovskite solar cells based on (CH₃NH₃SnI₃) using SCAPS-1D software. To address degradation issues and ensure efficiency stability, double-walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) were integrated as an organic hole transport layer (HTL), while fullerene (C₆₀) was employed as the electron transport layer (ETL).the simulation results showed that optimizing the band gap of the DWCNTs layer significantly enhances the built-in potential and improves the power conversion efficiency (PCE) and fill factor (FF). The study recorded a record efficiency of 17.01% and a very high open-circuit voltage (VO) reaching 3.9272 V at a DWCNTs layer thickness of 5 nm. The optimal perovskite layer thickness was also determined to be 1000 nm, achieving a balance between light absorption and charge collection, resulting in an efficiency of 10.12%. Furthermore, the device demonstrated remarkable thermal stability at 343 K, with an efficiency of 26.78%.These findings confirm that the DWCNTs/CH₃NH₃SnI₃/C₆₀ configuration represents a robust, non-toxic, and high-performance alternative for the next generation of thin-film photovoltaic cells.