The optimization of textured a-Si:H solar cells with a fully three-dimensional simulation

Chun-Yao Lee; Hui-Hsin Hsiao; Chun-Ming Yeh; Chien-Fu Huang; Yung-Tsung Liu; Chia-Ming Fan; Yuh-Renn Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2039316

7 March 2014 The optimization of textured a-Si:H solar cells with a fully three-dimensional simulation

Chun-Yao Lee, Hui-Hsin Hsiao, Chun-Ming Yeh, Chien-Fu Huang, Yung-Tsung Liu, Chia-Ming Fan, Yuh-Renn Wu

Proceedings Volume 8981, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III; 89811M (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039316
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

This article studied the a-Si:H solar cell with a randomly rough surface for high-power conversion efficiency. A full 3D numerical modeling program developed by our group including 3D FD-TD for optics and 3D Poisson and drift-diffusion solver for electronic simulation are used to model the characteristics of a textured solar cell. The balance between the optical and electrical performance of the a-Si:H solar cell is studied in this work. For model verification, a solar cell with high 9.23 % power conversion efficiency is used to examine the model and parameters. This article figured out the electrical limit for the a-Si:H solar cell and studied the influence of different roughness scales.

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Chun-Yao Lee, Hui-Hsin Hsiao, Chun-Ming Yeh, Chien-Fu Huang, Yung-Tsung Liu, Chia-Ming Fan, and Yuh-Renn Wu "The optimization of textured a-Si:H solar cells with a fully three-dimensional simulation", Proc. SPIE 8981, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III, 89811M (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039316

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