Optical modeling and simulation of thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells

Author

Krc, J. ; Campa, A. ; Cernivec, G. ; Malmström, J. ; Edoff, M. ; Smole, F. ; Topic, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Ljubljana Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

Sept. 2006

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Optical modeling and results of numerical simulation of thin-film Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ solar cells are presented. Main features of the developed optical simulator SunShine are explained. An approach to model light scattering at rough interfaces in the solar cell is described. Two types of scattering parameters are used: haze and angular distribution function of scattered light. Simulation results - total reflectance, absorptance in CIGS absorber and carrier generation rate profile - are shown and verified for the solar cell with thin (d=360 nm) CIGS absorber

Keywords

copper compounds; gallium compounds; indium compounds; light scattering; numerical analysis; reflectivity; semiconductor device models; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; CIGS absorber; Cu(InGa)Se₂; SunShine simulator; absorptance; angular distribution function; carrier generation; haze; light scattering; numerical simulation; optical modeling; rough interfaces; scattering parameters; thin-film solar cells; total reflectance; Analytical models; Electromagnetic scattering; Light scattering; Numerical simulation; Optical films; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Photovoltaic cells; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2006. NUSOD '06. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9755-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2006.306727

Filename

4098767