Optoelectronic simulation and optimization of unconstrained four terminal amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon tandem solar cell

Navaraj, W. T., Yadav, B. K. and Kumar, A. (2016) Optoelectronic simulation and optimization of unconstrained four terminal amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon tandem solar cell. Journal of Computational Electronics, 15(1), pp. 287-294. (doi: 10.1007/s10825-015-0767-0)

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Abstract

Optoelectronic two dimensional technology computer aided design simulation of unconstrained four terminal hydrogenated amorphous silicon/crystalline silicon (a-Si:H/c-Si) tandem solar cells have been carried out. Tandem solar cell approach is one of the promising approaches to achieve high efficiency solar cell by reducing lattice thermalization loss, but needs extensive optimization as the efficiency depends on a number of parameters. The optoelectronic properties of various materials involved have been taken into consideration and a range of parameters such as top anti reflection coating (ARC) thickness, bottom ARC thickness, a-Si:H solar cell thickness, optical connecting layer thickness, a-Si:H solar cell doping, crystalline silicon solar cells doping etc. have been optimized. The optimization resulted in a simulated efficiency of 19.29 % for an untextured planar solar cell.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This work has been funded under a CSIR network project.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Navaraj, Mr William
Authors: Navaraj, W. T., Yadav, B. K., and Kumar, A.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
Journal Name:Journal of Computational Electronics
Publisher:Springer Verlag
ISSN:1569-8025
ISSN (Online):1572-8137
Published Online:23 November 2015
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2015 Springer Science+Business Media
First Published:First published in Journal of Computational Electronics 15(1): 287-294
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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