Title :
Reflection study of silicon nanopillar arrays: Compact lattice versus square lattice
Author :
Mottaghian, Seyyed Sadegh ; Bayat, Khadijeh ; Wang, June ; Baroughi, Mahdi Farrokh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD, USA
Abstract :
This paper studies the effect of 2-D compact and square silicon nano pillars lattices on the light absorption of the silicon based solar cell. The absorption spectra of both compact and square lattice silicon nanopillars were calculated using full-wave analysis, 3D Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) method, within the window of 300 nm -1000 nm for different incidence angles.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; finite difference time-domain analysis; light absorption; nanostructured materials; silicon; solar cells; 2D compact lattice; 3D finite-difference time-domain; FDTD method; Si; absorption spectra; full-wave analysis; light absorption; reflection study; silicon based solar cell; silicon nanopillar arrays; square lattice; Absorption; Lattices; Nanowires; Photovoltaic cells; Reflection; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9966-3
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186039
