Characteristics of eco-friendly perovskite solar cell with moth-eye nanostructure array

Abstract A novel design of tin perovskite (CH 3 NH 3 SnI 3 ) solar cell (PSC) is proposed and analyzed for energy harvesting application. The suggested PSC is lead free where moth-eye nanostructures are implemented in the active material to improve the light trapping and hence the light absorption. The suggested SC is numerically studied using finite difference time domain (FDTD) via Lumerical software package. The geometrical parameters and position of the nanostructures are studied to maximize the absorption and hence the optical efficiency. The reported PSC covered by the moth-eye nanostructures exhibits marked light trapping compared to the conventional planar structure with photocurrent density of 46.0082 (mA/cm 2 ), an optical generation rate of 3.38 e 28 (m −3 . s −1 ) and an ultimate efficiency of 31.76%. Therefore, an enhancement of 14.496% is obtained compared to the traditional PSC due to the localized surface plasmons (LSP) modes around the moth eye nanostructures. The suggested design is an efficient replacement to lead—perovskite owing to excellent photovoltaic properties, cheap fabrication cost, suitable band gap of 1.02 eV, eco-friendly and great performance in converting sunlight to electrical energy.