Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells
The optics of axial silicon nanowire solar cells is investigated and compared to silicon thin-film solar cells with textured contact layers. The quantum efficiency and short circuit current density are calculated taking a device geometry into account, which can be fabricated by using standard semico...
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| description | The optics of axial silicon nanowire solar cells is investigated and compared to silicon thin-film solar cells with textured contact layers. The quantum efficiency and short circuit current density are calculated taking a device geometry into account, which can be fabricated by using standard semiconductor processing. The solar cells with textured absorber and textured contact layers provide a gain of short circuit current density of 4.4 mA/cm2 and 6.1 mA/cm2 compared to a solar cell on a flat substrate, respectively. The influence of the device dimensions on the quantum efficiency and short circuit current density will be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53798f435ae9428fb5269383149811a12022-12-21T18:53:04ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172017-04-017442710.3390/app7040427app7040427Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar CellsRion Parsons0Asman Tamang1Vladislav Jovanov2Veit Wagner3Dietmar Knipp4Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, GermanyJacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, GermanyJacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, GermanyJacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, GermanyJacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, GermanyThe optics of axial silicon nanowire solar cells is investigated and compared to silicon thin-film solar cells with textured contact layers. The quantum efficiency and short circuit current density are calculated taking a device geometry into account, which can be fabricated by using standard semiconductor processing. The solar cells with textured absorber and textured contact layers provide a gain of short circuit current density of 4.4 mA/cm2 and 6.1 mA/cm2 compared to a solar cell on a flat substrate, respectively. The influence of the device dimensions on the quantum efficiency and short circuit current density will be discussed.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/4/427nanowireslight trappingsolar cells |
| spellingShingle | Rion Parsons Asman Tamang Vladislav Jovanov Veit Wagner Dietmar Knipp Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells Applied Sciences nanowires light trapping solar cells |
| title | Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells |
| title_full | Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells |
| title_fullStr | Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells |
| title_short | Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells |
| title_sort | comparison of light trapping in silicon nanowire and surface textured thin film solar cells |
| topic | nanowires light trapping solar cells |
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