Title :
Extremely high short-circuit current density in vertical single nanowire solar cells
Author :
Wenas, Y.C. ; Mokkapati, S. ; Tan, H.H. ; Jagadish, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Mater. Eng., Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
Abstract :
By combining Finite-Difference-Time-Domain simulations and the detailed-balance model of solar cell, we study how absorption efficiency determines the short circuit current density, Jsc, of single vertical nanowire (NW) solar cells. We find that due to the very high absorption efficiency, vertical NW delivers Jsc that are one order of magnitude higher than planar solar cells.
Keywords :
current density; finite difference time-domain analysis; nanowires; solar cells; absorption efficiency; detailed-balance model; finite-difference-time-domain simulations; short-circuit current density; vertical single nanowire solar cells; Absorption; Finite difference methods; Indium phosphide; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Short-circuit currents; Nanowires; concentrator effect; resonance light scattering; solar cells;
Conference_Titel :
Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials & Devices (COMMAD), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Perth, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6867-1
DOI :
10.1109/COMMAD.2014.7038656