NUMERICAL APPROACH FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY A-SI SOLAR-CELLS

被引:7
作者
SAWADA, T
TERADA, N
TAKAHAMA, T
TARUI, H
TANAKA, M
TSUDA, S
NAKANO, S
机构
[1] SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. New Materials Research Center, Hirakata, Osaka, 573
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D O I
10.1016/0927-0248(94)90061-2
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
We have developed the first precise numerical simulator for thin-film solar cells with two-dimensional structures, such as a submicron textured a-Si solar cell. Conventional simulators for thin-film solar cells were all one-dimensional, which made precise simulation of the behavior of light and carrier transport in the cell impossible. Using the 2D simulator, guidelines for cell design, including textured structures, were obtained. One proposal to increase the conversion efficiency of the textured a-Si single-junction solar cell is to make the texture period longer than the film thickness.
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页码:367 / 372
页数:6
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