Optical design of GaN/InxGa1-xN/cSi tandem solar cells with triangular diffraction grating
Journal
Optics Express
Journal Volume
23
Journal Issue
11
Pages
A614-A624
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Lin, L.J.-H.
Abstract
Optical design in enhancing optical absorption of group-III-nitride- and multiple quantum well-based GaN/InxGa1-xN/cSi dual-junction tandem solar cells with triangular diffraction grating is simulated and optimized by using combined two-dimensional rigorous coupled wave analysis and transfer matrix methods. This paper thoroughly examines these phenomena of optical absorption affected by antireflection coatings, multiple thin-film layers and diffraction gratings with the integrated perspectives of semiconductor physics and electromagnetic theory for the first time. An improvement of 58% in absorption compared to the prototype SC is obtained which means more than 80% of incoming light (hυ > EgSi) can be harvested in this thin-film (< 4 μm in total) design.
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Type
journal article