Enhanced absorption of solar cell made of photonic crystal by geometrical design

doi:10.1007/s12200-015-0499-6

Front. Optoelectron.

2016, Vol. 9

Issue (1) : 93-98 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-015-0499-6

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Enhanced absorption of solar cell made of photonic crystal by geometrical design

Asma OUANOUGHI,Abdesselam HOCINI(

),Djamel KHEDROUCHE

Laboratoire d’Analyse des Signaux et Systèmes, Department of Electronics, University of Mohamed Boudiaf of M’sila BP.166, Route Ichebilia, M’sila 28000, Algeria

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Abstract

In this paper, via numerical simulation we designed the geometry of solar cell made by one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals with two kinds of materiel (silicon (Si) and hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H)) in order to enhance its absorption. The absorption characteristics of light in the solar cell structures are simulated by using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. The calculation results show that the enhancement of absorption in patterned structure is apparent comparing to the unpatterned one, which proves the ability of the structure to produce photonic crystal solar cell. We found solar cell geometries as a 2D photonic crystal enable to increase the absorption between 380 and 750 nm.

Keywords finite-difference time-domain two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals solar cell

Corresponding Author(s): Abdesselam HOCINI

Just Accepted Date: 12 June 2015 Online First Date: 17 August 2015 Issue Date: 18 March 2016

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Asma OUANOUGHI,Abdesselam HOCINI,Djamel KHEDROUCHE. Enhanced absorption of solar cell made of photonic crystal by geometrical design[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2016, 9(1): 93-98.

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Fig.1 (a) Structure of solar cell made by unpatterned layer on a glass substrate; (b) one-dimensional photonic crystal (1D PhC); (c) two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D PhC), with a square and triangular array of circular holes

Fig.2 Absorption spectra of the unpatterned layer of Si and a-Si:H with thickness H = 100 nm

Fig.3 Integrated absorption efficiency of a 100 nm thick a-Si:H layer in glass, as a function of the 1D PhC parameters L (in μm) and ff (in %)

Fig.4 Absorption spectra of 1D PhCs made of Si and a-Si:H with the same thickness H = 100 nm

Fig.5 Absorption spectra of 2D PhC Si square array of circular holes with different lattice constants (L) for thickness H = 100 nm (Optical simulation performed under normal incidence)

Fig.6 Absorption spectra of 2D PhC Si triangular array of circular holes with different lattice constants (L) for thickness H = 100 nm (Optical simulation performed under normal incidence)

Fig.7 Effect of 2D PhC square array of circular holes in TE mode, with a fixed filling factor and varying lattice constants (L) on the absorption spectra of a-Si:H layer

Fig.8 Effect of 2D PhC triangular array of circular holes, with a fixed filling factor and varying lattice constants (L) on the absorption spectra of a- Si:H layer

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