Simulation of light-trapping in thin film solar cells by high performance computing

Christoph Pflaum; Christine Jandl

doi:10.1117/12.922515

2 May 2012 Simulation of light-trapping in thin film solar cells by high performance computing

Christoph Pflaum, Christine Jandl

Proceedings Volume 8438, Photonics for Solar Energy Systems IV; 84380D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922515
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

A sophisticated light management is important to construct thin film solar cells with optimal efficiency. This is based on suitable nanostructures of different layers and materials with optimized optical properties. To design thin film solar cells with high efficiency, simulation of light-trapping is a very helpful tool. Such a simulation has to take into account the underlying physical properties like plasmonic effects of silver or interferences. To this end, it is important to solve Maxwell's equations on a discretization grid. To obtain an accurate simulation, the roughness of the top transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer is described by AFM-scan data. To meet the high computational amount in solving Maxwells equations on a finite difference discretization grid, high performance computers (HPC) are used.

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Christoph Pflaum and Christine Jandl "Simulation of light-trapping in thin film solar cells by high performance computing", Proc. SPIE 8438, Photonics for Solar Energy Systems IV, 84380D (2 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922515

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