@inproceedings{c8fff9e07e4445c88b2c327ba7b99dac,
title = "Towards numerical simulation of nonhomogeneous thin-film silicon solar cells",
abstract = "We have developed an algorithm for the numerical simulation of the electrical and optical properties of a thin-film silicon solar cell. The intrinsic layer in the p-i-n solar cell is nonhomogeneous in the thickness direction. This nonhomogeneity is to be engineered via variations in the composition of the amorphous silicon. A layer of a transparent conducting oxide is welded to the p layer and the n layer is backed by a periodically corrugated metallic back reflector. The nonhomogeneous intrinsic layer may trap the incident light better than a homogeneous layer and increase the generation rate of electron-hole pairs. The periodically corrugated metallic back reflector can excite surface plasmon-polariton waves as well as waveguide modes. The generation rate of electron-hole pairs is computed using the rigorous coupledwave approach and the drift-diffusion model is used for the computation of the current density-voltage characteristics of the solar cell.",
author = "Anderson, {Tom H.} and Muhammad Faryad and Mackay, {Tom G.} and Akhlesh Lakhtakia",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2041663",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819498946",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III",
address = "United States",
note = "Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III ; Conference date: 03-02-2014 Through 06-02-2014",
}