Optimal design of the light absorbing layer in thin film silicon solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2095-2105

  Soh, Hyun jun ^a   Yoo, Jeonghoon ^a   Kim, Daekeun ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Multiple layered pattern; Thin film solar cells; Time dependent finite element analysis; Topology optimization; Transmittance

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING BOUNDARIES; ABSORBING LAYERS; DESIGN OBJECTIVES; ENERGY FLUXES; INCIDENT BEAMS; INCIDENT LIGHT; INITIAL SHAPE; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE LAYERED PATTERN; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SHAPE; OPTIMIZATION DESIGN; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POYNTING VECTORS; SILICON LAYER; SILICON THIN FILM; SPECIFIC FREQUENCIES; SUNLIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; TEXTURED SURFACE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TIME DEPENDENT; TIME INTEGRATION; TIME-PERIODS; TRANSMITTANCE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WAVES; UNIT STRUCTURE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; THIN FILMS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DESIGN; FILM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUEL CELL; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMITTANCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84861717652     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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