Coupled optoelectronic simulation and optimization of thin-film photovoltaic solar cells

被引：15
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作者：
Anderson, Tom H. [1 ]
Civiletti, Benjamin J. [1 ]
Monk, Peter B. [1 ]
Lakhtakia, Akhlesh [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Delaware, Dept Math Sci, Newark, DE 19716 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Engn Sci & Mech, 227 Hammond Bldg, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS | 2020年 / 407卷
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
Solar cell; Coupled optoelectronic simulation; Drift-diffusion model; Hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method; Rigorous coupled-wave approach; FINITE-ELEMENT-METHOD; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; WAVE ANALYSIS; CONVERGENCE; ENHANCEMENT; PERFORMANCE; MULTISCALE; EFFICIENCY; GRATINGS; GALERKIN;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jcp.2020.109242
中图分类号：
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号：
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
A design tool was formulated for optimizing the efficiency of inorganic, thin-film, photovoltaic solar cells. The solar cell can have multiple semiconductor layers in addition to antireflection coatings, passivation layers, and buffer layers. The solar cell is backed by a metallic grating which is periodic along a fixed direction. The rigorous coupled-wave approach is used to calculate the electron-hole-pair generation rate. The hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method is used to solve the drift-diffusion equations that govern charge-carrier transport in the semiconductor layers. The chief output is the solar-cell efficiency which is maximized using the differential evolution algorithm to determine the optimal dimensions and bandgaps of the semiconductor layers. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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