• DocumentCode
    3344592
  • Title

    Light trapping effect of nanoimprinted-textured crystalline silicon solar cells

  • Author

    Yoshinaga, Satoshi ; Ishikawa, Yozo ; Araki, Shunsuke ; Uraoka, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (NAIST), Ikoma, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    16-21 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1310
  • Lastpage
    1313
  • Abstract
    In order to improve efficiency of Si solar cell, surface texturing is absolutely imperative structure to reduce the reflection loss of the surface of the solar cell. In this study, we evaluated the light of nanoimprinted-textured structure on the cell performances using two-dimensional device simulation. We chose ZnO and ZrO2 as a material of the nanoimprinted-textured structure. Our calculation revealed that the nanoimprinted-texture with ZrO2 produced relatively high efficiency, despite a simple printing process for the texturing method.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; zinc compounds; zirconium compounds; Si; ZnO; ZrO2; cell performances; imperative structure; light trapping effect; nanoimprinted-textured crystalline silicon solar cells; printing process; reflection loss reduction; surface texturing; two-dimensional device simulation; Photovoltaic cells; Refractive index; Silicon; Silicon compounds; Surface texture; Surface treatment; Zinc oxide; Silicon solar cell; nanoimprint; texture;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2013 IEEE 39th
  • Conference_Location
    Tampa, FL
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744383
  • Filename
    6744383