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Title: Performance enhancement of thin film silicon solar cells based on distributed Bragg reflector and diffraction grating

Abstract

The influence of various designing parameters were investigated and explored for high performance solar cells. Single layer grating based solar cell of 50 μm thickness gives maximum efficiency up to 24 % whereas same efficiency is achieved with the use of three bilayers grating based solar cell of 30 μm thickness. Remarkably, bilayer grating based solar cell design not only gives broadband absorption but also enhancement in efficiency with reduced cell thickness requirement. This absorption enhancement is attributed to the high reflection and diffraction from DBR and grating respectively. The obtained short-circuit current were 29.6, 32.9, 34.6 and 36.05 mA/cm{sup 2} of 5, 10, 20 and 30 μm cell thicknesses respectively. These presented designing efforts would be helpful to design and realize new generation of solar cells.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Advanced Research Laboratory for Nanomaterials and Devices, Department of Nanotechnology, Swarnandhra College of Engineering and Technology, Seetharampuram, Narsapur (A.P.) (India)
  2. School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, (T.N.) (India)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22420201
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ABSORPTION; DESIGN; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EFFICIENCY; GRATINGS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THICKNESS; THIN FILMS

Citation Formats

Dubey, R. S., Saravanan, S., and Kalainathan, S. Performance enhancement of thin film silicon solar cells based on distributed Bragg reflector and diffraction grating. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4904218.
Dubey, R. S., Saravanan, S., & Kalainathan, S. Performance enhancement of thin film silicon solar cells based on distributed Bragg reflector and diffraction grating. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904218
Dubey, R. S., Saravanan, S., and Kalainathan, S. 2014. "Performance enhancement of thin film silicon solar cells based on distributed Bragg reflector and diffraction grating". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904218.
@article{osti_22420201,
title = {Performance enhancement of thin film silicon solar cells based on distributed Bragg reflector and diffraction grating},
author = {Dubey, R. S. and Saravanan, S. and Kalainathan, S.},
abstractNote = {The influence of various designing parameters were investigated and explored for high performance solar cells. Single layer grating based solar cell of 50 μm thickness gives maximum efficiency up to 24 % whereas same efficiency is achieved with the use of three bilayers grating based solar cell of 30 μm thickness. Remarkably, bilayer grating based solar cell design not only gives broadband absorption but also enhancement in efficiency with reduced cell thickness requirement. This absorption enhancement is attributed to the high reflection and diffraction from DBR and grating respectively. The obtained short-circuit current were 29.6, 32.9, 34.6 and 36.05 mA/cm{sup 2} of 5, 10, 20 and 30 μm cell thicknesses respectively. These presented designing efforts would be helpful to design and realize new generation of solar cells.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4904218},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22420201}, journal = {AIP Advances},
issn = {2158-3226},
number = 12,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}