Title :
Studying the effect of scattering layers on the efficiency of thin film solar cells
Author :
Rahimi, Zahra ; Pflaum, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. 10, Friedrich-Alexander-Univ. Erlangen-Nurnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Abstract :
Thin film silicon solar cells are optimized in order to increase light absorption. Studying solar cells using experiments requires depositing different layers and building the thin film solar cell, which is usually time consuming and prone to error. Numerical simulation has shown promising results for the calculation of quantum efficiency of thin film solar cells with rough interfaces.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; thin film devices; Si; light absorption; numerical simulation; scattering layer effect; thin film solar cell efficiency; Numerical models; Optical surface waves; Permittivity; Photovoltaic cells; Rough surfaces; Scattering; Surface roughness;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2014 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Palma de Mallorca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3681-6
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2014.6935410
