Title :
Transmission characteristics of a two-dimensional grating for flexible solar cells
Author :
Xu, Yishen ; Gu, Jihua ; Tao, Zhi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Sci. & Technol., Soochow Univ., Suzhou, China
Abstract :
A two-dimensional grating for the flexible solar cells is proposed. The transmission characteristics of the microstructure were investigated with rigorous coupled-wave analysis and the results indicate that almost 100% optical absorption could be achieved with the optimized gratings.
Keywords :
coupled mode analysis; diffraction gratings; solar cells; flexible solar cells; microstructure; optical absorption; optical transmission characteristics; rigorous coupled-wave analysis; two-dimensional grating; Absorption; Dielectric thin films; Gratings; Microstructure; Optical films; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Substrates; Transistors; Flexible solar cells; RCWA; Transmission characteristics; Two-dimensional grating;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292633
