Publication: Modeling of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin films prepared by the Saddle Field Glow Discharge Method for photo-voltaic applications
All || By Area || By YearTitle | Modeling of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin films prepared by the Saddle Field Glow Discharge Method for photo-voltaic applications | Authors/Editors* | A.V. Sachenko, A.I. Shkrebtii, F. Gaspari, N. Kherani, and A. Kazakevitch |
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Where published* | EPIOPTICS-9: proceedings of the 39th course of the International School of Solid State Physics |
How published* | Proceedings |
Year* | 2008 |
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Pages | 76-81 |
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Keywords | Solar cell optimization Car Parrinello Molecular Dynamics |
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Abstract |
We present results of combined theoretical and experimental study of the thin hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films based solar cells. The films for efficient and inexpensive solar cells were grown by the Saddle Field Glow Discharge Method. Car-Parrinello Molecular Dynamics was used to model a-Si:H material. An analytical model to optimize photo-conversion efficiency a-Si:H based solar cells with contact grid has been developed. This two-dimensional model allows an optimization of the p-i-n sandwich in terms of carrier mobilities, layers thickness, doping levels and others. The geometry of the grid fingers that conduct the photo- current to the bus bars and ITO/SiO2 layers has been optimizes as well as the effect of non-zero sun incidence angles. We demonstrate the optimization method to the typical a-Si:H solar cells. |
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