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Light Trapping in Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells
| Title: | Light Trapping in Thin Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells. |
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| Name(s): |
Boroumand Azad, Javaneh, Author Chanda, Debashis, Committee Chair Peale, Robert, Committee Member Del Barco, Enrique, Committee Member Flitsiyan, Elena, Committee Member Schoenfeld, Winston, Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2017 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | This dissertation presents numerical and experimental studies of a unified light trapping approach that is extremely important for all practical solar cells. A 2D hexagonal Bravais lattice diffractive pattern is studied in conjunction with the verification of the reflection mechanisms of single and double layer anti-reflective coatings in the broad range of wavelength 400 nm - 1100 nm. By varying thickness and conformity, we obtained the optimal parameters which minimize the broadband reflection from the nanostructured crystalline silicon surface over a wide range of angle 0(&)deg;-65(&)deg;. While the analytical design of broadband, angle independent anti-reflection coatings on nanostructured surfaces remains a scientific challenge, numerical optimization proves a viable alternative, paving the path towards practical implementation of the light trapping solar cells. A 3 (&)#181;m thick light trapping solar cell is modeled in order to predict and maximize combined electron-photon harvesting in ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells. It is shown that the higher charge carrier generation and collection in this design compensates the absorption and recombination losses and ultimately results in an increase in energy conversion efficiency. Further, 20 (&)#181;m and 100 (&)#181;m thick functional solar cells with the light trapping scheme are studied. The efficiency improvement is observed numerically and experimentally due to photon absorption enhancement in the light trapping cells with respect to a bare cell of same thickness. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0006936 (IID), ucf:51654 (fedora) | |
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2017-05-01 Ph.D. Sciences, Physics Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Photovoltaics -- Solar Cell -- Light Trapping -- Anti-reflective Coating -- Thin Film Silicon -- Fabrication -- Characterization -- Simulation | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006936 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2017-11-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
