• 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