Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-dnltx Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-24T00:01:05.306Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Modeling of a-Si:H Solar Cells on V-Grooved Glass Substrates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1993

G. Tao
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, P.O.Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
M. Zeman
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, P.O.Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
J.W. Metselaar
Affiliation:
Delft University of Technology, P.O.Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Get access

Abstract

We present the results of a series of numerical study of a-Si:H solar cells on different V- grooved substrates. The light absorption profiles were calculated by taking into account the V-groove inner reflection and the reflection at the glass/air interface. These profiles were used for modeling the performance of solar cells with the 1-D Amorphous Semiconductor Analysis (ASA) computer package, which has been developed in our laboratory. The J-V characteristics under AMI.5 and the external quantum efficiency axe simulated for V- grooves with different tilt-angles (0 degree for flat substrate). Results show that effective light trapping occurs for V-grooves with tilt-angle larger than 21 degrees.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Itoh, H. and Muramatsu, Shin-ichi, Technical Digest of the INT'L PVSEC-5, pp.533536 Google Scholar
2. Tao, G., in: the proceedings of the China Association for Science and Technology's First Academic Annual Meeting of Youths, Beijing, April, 1992 Google Scholar
3. Schumm, G., Mohring, H.D., and Bauer, G.H., to appear in: the proceedings of the 11th ECPVSEC, Montreux, Switzerland, 1992 Google Scholar
4. der Linden, M.von, Schropp, R., van Saxk, W.G.J.H.M., Zeman, M., Tao, G., and Metselaar, J.W., to appear in the proceedings of the 11th ECPVSEC, Montreux, Switzerland, 1992 Google Scholar
5. Tao, G., Girwar, B.S., Landweer, G., Zeman, M., and Metselaar, J.W., to appear in the proceedings of the 11th ECPVSEC, Montreux, Switzerland, 1992 Google Scholar
6. Tao, G., Girwar, B.S., Landweer, G., Zeman, M., and Metselaar, J.W., this conference.Google Scholar