Research

Organic Scintillators Solar Cells

Thin-Film Solar Cell Device Design and Optimization

Objectives

  • Device design and simulation of thin-film solar cells, specializing in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide (TMDC) and Perovskite materials.
  • Designing tandem solar cell structures.
  • Analyzing and fine-tuning device parameters, including absorber layer thickness, temperature, and defect density.
  • Investigating the impact of series and shunt resistance, electron affinity, on photovoltaic cell structures.
  • Analysis of organic and inorganic Electron Transport Materials (ETMs) and Hole Transport Materials (HTMs) for better charge extraction.
  • Interface defect analysis.
  • Optimizing solar cell structures for improved power conversion efficiency (PCE), open-circuit voltage (Voc), short-circuit current (Jsc), and fill factor (FF).
  • Leveraging ML models for performance prediction.

Publications(7)

  • M. R. R. Rowdra, K. I. Atol, S. J. Hossain, N. Rahman, I. Mamoon, M. F. Rahman, and M. D. Haque, “Numerical and machine learning approaches for efficiency optimization of lead-free Rb₂LiGaI₆ double perovskite solar cells,” Inorg. Chem. Commun., vol. 49, p. 115963, doi: 10.1016/j.inoche.2025.115963, (Dec. 2025).

  • N. Rahman, S. M. A. J. Adib, M. M. Mia, M. H. Ali, M. D. Haque, B. Sultana, A. T. M. S. Islam, A. Irfan, and M. F. Rahman, “Understanding the Role of Six BSF on SnSe Thin Film Solar Cell and Efficiency Enhancement Beyond 32%,” ChemistrySelect, vol. 10, no. 35, doi: 10.1002/slct.202502058, (Sep. 2025).

  • N. Rahman, I. Mamoon, M. A. Sattar, M. F. Rahman, M. M. Islam, and M. D. Haque, “Simulation and Analysis of Different TMDC Solar Cells Under Proton Radiation Using Monte Carlo Methods, SCAPS, and Machine Learning Techniques,” J. Phys. Chem. Solids, p. 112479, doi: 10.1016/j.jpcs.2024.112479, (Apr. 2025).

  • A. Mohandes, A. C. Roy, N. Rahman, M. Amami, S. Ezzine, and M. Ferdous Rahman, “A numerical strategy to achieving efficiency exceeding 27% with a novel dual absorber perovskite solar cell using BaZrSe3 and CsPbI3,” Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 57, no. 1, p. 113, doi: 10.1007/s11082-025-08043-0, (Jan. 2025).

  • N. Rahman et al., “Impact of CdTe BSF layer on enhancing the efficiency of MoSe2 solar cell,” Journal of Optics, DOI: 10.1007/s12596-024-01855-5, (May 2024).

  • S. Ahmed, N. Rahman et al., “Performance investigation of MAPbI3/MASnI3 based all-perovskite tandem solar cell using SCAPS simulation,” Physica Scripta, vol. 99, no. 5, p. 055520, DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ad36bd, (May 2024).

  • N. Rahman et al., “Assessing the performance of MoTe2 based solar cell with Cu2O hole transport layer through device simulation,” Discover Materials, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 25, DOI: 10.1007/s43939-023-00061-7, (Sep. 2023).