Structural Optimization of Photonic Crystals for Enhancing Optical Absorption of Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell Structures

We carry out the structural design of photonic crystals to enhance the optical absorption of thin-film microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si) solar cells using two methods. First, by exhaustive search, we choose a structure with the largest absorption within the investigated patterns. Then we e...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Kawamoto, Yoshinori Tanaka, Kenji Ishizaki, Menaka De Zoysa, Takashi Asano, Susumu Noda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2014-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6727424/