Optical design of thin film amorphous silicon solar cells

Furong Zhu; Jai Singh

doi:10.1109/PVSC.1993.346980

Optical design of thin film amorphous silicon solar cells

Furong Zhu^*
, Jai Singh

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Physics

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Abstract

Optimised thickness of the individual layers in any thin film a-Si:H solar cell can be obtained using optical analysis method. By minimising the reflectance using an optimal anti-reflection coating layer and selecting a suitable rear contact material, a significant increase in the photon collection efficiency at long wavelength can be achieved. The effect of the variation in thickness of different layers on the performance characteristics of a cell is discussed. The calculated results and analyses show that the present method can be used directly to design any thin film solar cell with an optimised structure for a desired possible high efficiency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1993
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1047-1050
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	0780312201
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.1993.346980
Publication status	Published - 10 May 1993
Event	23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - Louisville, KY, USA Duration: 10 May 1993 → 14 May 1993 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1061/proceeding

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Name	Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
City	Louisville, KY, USA
Period	10/05/93 → 14/05/93
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1061/proceeding

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Zhu, F & Singh, J 1993, Optical design of thin film amorphous silicon solar cells. in Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1993. Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, pp. 1047-1050, 23rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Louisville, KY, USA, 10/05/93. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.1993.346980

Optical design of thin film amorphous silicon solar cells. / Zhu, Furong; Singh, Jai.
Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1993. IEEE, 1993. p. 1047-1050 (Conference Record of the Twenty Third IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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