• DocumentCode
    133343
  • Title

    Studying the effect of scattering layers on the efficiency of thin film solar cells

  • Author

    Rahimi, Zahra ; Pflaum, Christoph

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. 10, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    1-4 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    Thin film silicon solar cells are optimized in order to increase light absorption. Studying solar cells using experiments requires depositing different layers and building the thin film solar cell, which is usually time consuming and prone to error. Numerical simulation has shown promising results for the calculation of quantum efficiency of thin film solar cells with rough interfaces.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; thin film devices; Si; light absorption; numerical simulation; scattering layer effect; thin film solar cell efficiency; Numerical models; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Photovoltaic cells; Rough surfaces; Scattering; Surface roughness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2014 14th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Palma de Mallorca
  • ISSN
    2158-3234
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3681-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NUSOD.2014.6935410
  • Filename
    6935410
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=133343