Title :
Enhancement of optical absorption in solar cells by band-edge effect of photonic crystals. II — Topology optimization for further absorption
Author :
Kawamoto, Yasutaka ; Tanaka, Yuichi ; Noda, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We investigate optical absorption enhancement in a solar cell structure using photonic crystals. We propose and investigate topology optimization for photonic crystal design and successfully find a structure with larger optical absorption.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical design techniques; photonic crystals; solar cells; visible spectra; band-edge effect; optical absorption; photonic crystal design; solar cells; topology optimization; Absorption; Optical films; Optical sensors; Optical superlattices; Photonic crystals; Photovoltaic cells; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600086
