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

被引:11
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作者
Kawamoto, Yosuke [1 ]
Tanaka, Yoshinori [1 ]
Ishizaki, Kenji [1 ]
De Zoysa, Menaka [1 ]
Asano, Takashi [1 ]
Noda, Susumu [1 ]
机构
[1] Kyoto Univ, Dept Elect Sci & Engn, Kyoto 6158510, Japan
来源
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL | 2014年 / 6卷 / 01期
基金
日本科学技术振兴机构;
关键词
Photonic crystal; ENHANCEMENT; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2302800
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We carry out the structural design of photonic crystals to enhance the optical absorption of thin-film microcrystalline silicon (mu c-Si) solar cells using two methods. First, by exhaustive search, we choose a structure with the largest absorption within the investigated patterns. Then we employ a sensitivity analysis to finely modulate the structure for further increase of the optical absorption. The obtained mu c-Si solar cell structure with a photonic crystal in this work has more than twice as much optical absorption as that without a photonic crystal.
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