Optical properties of thin-filin silicon solar cells with grating couplers

被引:90
作者
Haase, C. [1 ]
Stiebig, H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Photovoltaics, D-52425 Julich, Germany
来源
PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS | 2006年 / 14卷 / 07期
关键词
optics; grating; solar cells; modelling; light trapping; microcrystalline silicon; light in-coupling;
D O I
10.1002/pip.694
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
The effect of grating couplers on the optical properties of silicon thin-film solar cells was studied by a comparison of experimental results with numerical simulations. The thin-film solar cells studied are based on microcrystalline silicon (PC-Si:H) absorber layers of thickness in the micrometer range. To investigate the light propagation in these cells, especially in the red wavelength region, three-dimensional power loss profiles are simulated. The influence of different grating parametres-such as period size, groove height, and shape of the grating-was studied to gain more insight into the light propagation within thin-film silicon solar cells and to determine an optimized light trapping scheme. The effect of the TCO front and TCO back side layer thickness was investigated. The calculated quantum efficiencies and short-circuit current densities are in good agreement with the experimental data. The simulations predict further optimization criteria. Copyright (C) 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码:629 / 641
页数:13
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