Rahimi Z, Pflaum C (2014)
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: SPIE
Edited Volumes: Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III
City/Town: Bellingham
Book Volume: 8981
Pages Range: 1-7
ISBN: 9780819498946
URI: http://spie.org/Publications/Proceedings/Paper/10.1117/12.2035319
DOI: 10.1117/12.2035319
Thin film silicon solar cells are optimized to increase their efficiency. One technique to obtain higher efficiency is to increase path length of light using textured surfaces. The impact of these layers on efficiency is usually studied using experimental methods. This requires building of a solar cell and is time consuming and prone to error. Simulation is used to predict light scattering effects in large domains with textured layers. We studied these effects using a conformal finite integration technique (FIT) that efficiently simulates complex geometries with surface roughness. The simulated external quantum efficiency EQE for a solar cell with a μc-Si:H and aSi:H layers with surface roughness are presented. © 2014 SPIE.
APA:
Rahimi, Z., & Pflaum, C. (2014). Simulation of the scattering effect of randomly textured surfaces on the efficiency of thin film tandem solar cells. In Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III. (pp. 1-7). Bellingham: SPIE.
MLA:
Rahimi, Zhabiz, and Christoph Pflaum. "Simulation of the scattering effect of randomly textured surfaces on the efficiency of thin film tandem solar cells." Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III. Bellingham: SPIE, 2014. 1-7.
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