Journal article
Optimal optical design of thin-film photovoltaic devices
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, (1-4), pp.163-169
1997
Abstract
In this paper we report the results of an effort to develop a design tool to optimise any solar cell with thin-film structure. An optical admittance analysis which takes into account the interference effects in the multilayer thin-film system is discussed. This method provides a technique for calculating the optical properties of a thin-film device with a multilayer configuration. It also allows us to explore the nature and magnitude of optical losses in p-i-n type single or multi-junction a-Si : H solar cells, and to optimise the structure of such cells to utilise enhanced interference effects to obtain the maximum possible utilisation of incident solar radiation.
Details
- Title
- Optimal optical design of thin-film photovoltaic devices
- Authors/Creators
- F. Zhu (Author/Creator)P. Jennings (Author/Creator)J. Cornish (Author/Creator)G. Hefter (Author/Creator)K. Lucsak (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, (1-4), pp.163-169
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Identifiers
- 991005544163607891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Chemical and Mathematical Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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