High-Efficiency Cs2TiBr6 Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cell Enabled by All-inorganic CZTS/NiO Double Hole Transport Layer: A Numerical Simulation Study

Peverga R Jubu, Michael O Awoji, Bunmi J Akeredolu, Adebayo T Adepoju, Sekav J Ikwe, Denen S Igba, Francis Aungwa, Terdoo M Ikpa, Iheke M Nwachukwu, and Emeka E Oguzie
2026-02-11 16 views 1 downloads

 

Ti-based Cs?TiBr? double-halide perovskites are promising for optoelectronic and renewable energy applications, offering a non-toxic alternative to Pb-based perovskite solar cells (PSCs). This study uses SCAPS-1D to simulate a Cs?TiBr?-based PSC incorporating a CZTS/NiO double hole transport layer (HTL) to enhance power conversion efficiency (PCE). The double HTL improves hole transport, strengthens electron blocking, and reduces interfacial recombination. The optimized FTO/CeOx/Cs?TiBr?/CZTS/NiO/Au architecture achieves a PCE of 27.78%, significantly higher than the prototype (11.62%), under optimized parameters including absorber and interface defect densities, electron capture cross-section, and CZTS thickness. Notably, the ETL-free structure (FTO/Cs?TiBr?/CZTS/NiO/Au) attains the same PCE (27.78%), indicating that the CeOx ETL is dispensable for a simplified, and cost-effective design. The achieved efficiency exceeds previous reports on Cs?TiBr?-based PSCs

 

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