TY - GEN
T1 - Structural impact and optical optimization in stretchable thin film flexible solar cells
AU - Chen, Li
AU - Zhou, Weidong
AU - Tao, Meng
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Surface texturing in bulk silicon solar cells leads to record high efficiencies due to the reduced reflection and increased optical path lengths. High efficiency thin film solar cells are also feasible with a combination of ultra-thin absorption layer and textured structural design. Based on the rigorous coupled-wave analysis, we report here the structural impact and optical optimization of thin film flexible solar cells with wavy and V-shaped stretchable thin film designs. Compared to the flat thin film solar cells, the effective optical path lengths increases by five-fold at longer wavelength, and the efficiency doubles in wavy and V-shaped thin film solar cells with the same absorption layer thicknesses.
AB - Surface texturing in bulk silicon solar cells leads to record high efficiencies due to the reduced reflection and increased optical path lengths. High efficiency thin film solar cells are also feasible with a combination of ultra-thin absorption layer and textured structural design. Based on the rigorous coupled-wave analysis, we report here the structural impact and optical optimization of thin film flexible solar cells with wavy and V-shaped stretchable thin film designs. Compared to the flat thin film solar cells, the effective optical path lengths increases by five-fold at longer wavelength, and the efficiency doubles in wavy and V-shaped thin film solar cells with the same absorption layer thicknesses.
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U2 - 10.1109/NANO.2008.24
DO - 10.1109/NANO.2008.24
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:55349129259
SN - 9781424421046
T3 - 2008 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO
SP - 55
EP - 58
BT - 2008 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO
T2 - 2008 8th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO
Y2 - 18 August 2008 through 21 August 2008
ER -