Improved three-dimensional optical model for thin-film silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 5329-5337

  Springer, J ^a   Poruba, A ^a   Vanecek, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; SCATTERING THEORY; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE (TCO);

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 9744268898     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1784555     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. M. Vanecek et al., Proceedings of the 3rd WCPEC, Osaka, Japan, 2003 (IEEE, New York, 2003), p. 1527.
2. A. V. Shah et al., Prog. Photovoltaics 12, 113 (2004).
3. F. Leblanc, J. Perrin, and J. Schmitt, J. Appl. Phys. 75, 1074 (1994).
4. H. Stiebig, A. Kresiel, K. Winz, N. Schultz, C. Beneking, T. Eickhoff, and H. Wagner, Proceedings of the 1st WCPEC, Hawaii, 1994 (IEEE, New York, 1994), p. 603.
5. Y. Hishikawa, T. Kinoshita, M. Shima, M. Tanaka, S. Kiyama, S. Tsuda, and S. Nakano, Proceedings of the 26th IEEE PVSC, Anaheim, CA, 1997 (IEEE, New York, 1997), p. 615.
6. M. Zeman, R. A. C. M. M. van Swaaij, J. W. Metselaar, and R. E. I. Schropp, J. Appl. Phys. 88, 6436 (2000).
7. J. Krc, M. Zeman, F. Smole, and M. Topic, J. Appl. Phys. 92, 749 (2002).
8. R. Brendel, Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2003).
9. B. L. Sopori, J. Madjdpour, and W. Chen, Proceedings of the 2nd WCPEC, (Vienna, Austria, 1998), p. 156.
10. S. H. Zaidi, R. Marquadt, B. Minhas, and J. W. Tringe, Proceedings of the 29th IEEE PVSC, New Orleans, LA (IEEE, New York, 2002), p. 1290.
11. A. Poruba et al., J. Appl. Phys. 88, 148 (2000).
12. J. Springer, A. Poruba, A. Fejfar, M. Vaněček, L. Feitknecht, N. Wyrsch, J. Meier, and A. Shah, Proceedings of the 16th E-PVSEC, Glasgow, UK, 2000 (James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd., London, 2000), p. 434.
13. J. Springer et al., Proceedings of the 17th E-PVSEC, Munich, Germany, 2001 (WIP-Renewable Energies, Munich, 2001), p. 2830.
14. J. Springer, A. Poruba, L. Müllerova, M. Vanecek, W. Reetz, J. Müller, and H. Stiebig, Proceedings of the 3rd WCPEC, Osaka, Japan, 2003 (IEEE, New York, 2003), p. 1631.
15. P. Beckmann and A. Spizzichino, The Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from Rough Surfaces (Pergamon, Oxford, 1963), Chap. 5.
16. M. Born and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998), p. 628.
17. J. Krc, M. Zeman, O. Kluth, F. Smole, and M. Topic, Thin Solid Films 426, 296 (2003).
18. L. Ward, The Optical Constants of Bulk Materials and Films, (IOP Publishing, Bristol, 1994), p. 246.
19. N. M. Amer and W. B. Jackson, Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon, Semiconductors and Semimetals Vol. 21, Part B, edited by J. I. Pankove (Academic, Orlando, 1984), p. 83.
20. M. Vanecek and A. Poruba, Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 719 (2002).
21. A. S. Ferlauto, J. Koh, P. I. Rovira, C. R. Wronski, R. W. Collins, and G. Ganguly, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 266, 269 (2000).
22. O. Kluth et al., Thin Solid Films 351, 247 (1999).
23. J. Müller, B. Rech, J. Springer, and M. Vanecek, Sol. Energy (accepted).
24. K. Sato, Y. Gotoh, Y. Wakayama, Y. Hayashi, K. Adachi, and H. Nishimura, Reports Res. Lab. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 42, 129 (1992).
25. S. Fay, S. Dubail, U. Kroll, J. Meier, Y. Ziegler, and A. Shah, Proceedings of the 16th E-PVSEC, Glasgow, UK, 2000 (James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd., London, 2000), p. 361.
26. J. Springer, A. Poruba, L. Müllerova, M. Vanecek, O. Kluth, and B. Rech, J. Appl. Phys. 95, 1427 (2004).
27. B. Rech et al., Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 74, 439 (2002).
28. J. Springer, B. Rech, W. Reetz, J. Müller, and M. Vanecek, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells (accepted).