DocumentCode
133259
Title
Study of the optical properties of a micro pillar array solar cell for different configurations
Author
Cabrera-Espana, F.J. ; Rahman, B.M.A. ; Agrawal, Ankit
Author_Institution
City Univ. London, London, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
1-4 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
67
Lastpage
68
Abstract
In this paper, we report the optical properties of a Silicon (Si) solar cell when varying the configuration (hexagonal and square) of a micro pillar array on the cell surface using the FDTD technique. It was found that the hexagonal configuration gives better performance.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; finite difference time-domain analysis; micro-optics; silicon; solar cell arrays; FDTD technique; Si; cell surface; finite difference time-domain analysis; hexagonal configuration; micro pillar array solar cell; optical properties; square configuration; Arrays; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Reflection; Reflectivity; Silicon; Surface waves;
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.2014.6935359
Filename
6935359
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