The optimization of textured a-Si: H solar cells with a fully three-dimensional simulation

Chun Yao Lee; Hui Hsin Hsiao; Chun Ming Yeh; Chien Fu Huang; Yung Tsung Liu; Chia Ming Fan; Yuh Renn Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2039316

The optimization of textured a-Si: H solar cells with a fully three-dimensional simulation

Chun Yao Lee, Hui Hsin Hsiao, Chun Ming Yeh, Chien Fu Huang, Yung Tsung Liu, Chia Ming Fan, Yuh Renn Wu

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Abstract

This article studied the a-Si:H solar cell with a randomly rough surface for high-power conversion efficiency. A full 3D numerical modeling program developed by our group including 3D FD-TD for optics and 3D Poisson and drift-diffusion solver for electronic simulation are used to model the characteristics of a textured solar cell. The balance between the optical and electrical performance of the a-Si:H solar cell is studied in this work. For model verification, a solar cell with high 9.23 % power conversion efficiency is used to examine the model and parameters. This article figured out the electrical limit for the a-Si:H solar cell and studied the influence of different roughness scales.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	8981
ISBN (Print)	9780819498946
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039316
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Feb 3 2014 → Feb 6 2014

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Conference	Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	2/3/14 → 2/6/14

Keywords

Amorphous silicon
Numerical simulation
Surface roughness
Textured surface
Thin film solar cell

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Lee, CY, Hsiao, HH, Yeh, CM, Huang, CF, Liu, YT, Fan, CM & Wu, YR 2014, The optimization of textured a-Si: H solar cells with a fully three-dimensional simulation. in Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III. vol. 8981, 89811M, SPIE, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III, San Francisco, CA, United States, 2/3/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039316

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