Ultra-high efficient solar cell based on decagonal arrays of silicon nanowires

被引：16
作者：
Hussein, Mohamed [1 ,2 ]
Hameed, Mohamed Farhat O. [1 ,3 ]
Areed, Nihal F. F. [1 ,4 ]
Obayya, Salah Sabry A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Ctr Photon & Smart Mat Zewail City Sci & Technol, Giza 12588, Egypt
[2] Ain Shams Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Cairo 11566, Egypt
[3] Mansoura Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Math & Engn Phys, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
[4] Mansoura Univ, Fac Engn, Dept Elect & Commun Engn, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
来源：
OPTICAL ENGINEERING | 2014年 / 53卷 / 11期
关键词：
decagonal; solar cell; energy harvesting; nanowire; ultimate efficiency; absorption; three-dimensional finite difference time domain; OPTICAL-ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT;
D O I：
10.1117/1.OE.53.11.117105
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are the subject of intense research in solar energy harvesting due to their unique electrical and optical characteristics. The transmission, reflection, and absorption spectra of decagonal Si NWs (D-SiNWs) solar cells have been calculated using a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain method to present a design guideline for ultra-high efficiency SiNW in solar cell applications. In this study, the structure geometrical parameters of the suggested design are tuned to maximize light absorption. The ultimate efficiency is used to quantify the absorption enhancement of the SiNWs solar cells. A maximum ultimate efficiency of 39.3% is achieved for the reported D-SiNWs, which is greater than that of the previous work of slanting Si NWs by 17.49%. (C) 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
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