Robust nanoscale patterns for thin film solar cells using inverse optimization of nonuniformly sampled absorption spectrum

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 4, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2011, Pages 931-943

  Hajimirza, Shima ^a   Howell, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BROYDEN-FLETCHER-GOLDFARB-SHANNO; CONSTRAINT OPTIMIZATIONS; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; LOCAL OPTIMIZATION METHODS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869195788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2011-62803     Document Type: Conference Paper

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