Study of the Absorption in Solar Cells with 2D Photonic Crystals

• Authors: A. Ouanoughi , A. Hocini , D. Khedrouche
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this work, we design via numerical simulation the absorption properties of silicon nanohole arrays of vertically aligned square lattice arrays with lattice constants varying from 300 nm to 400 nm, using the finite difference time-domain method (FDTD). The silicon (Si) is chosen as prototype material for this study due to better understanding of the material properties and widely available optical data. The parameters for photonic crystals are optimized through computer simulations to obtain the maximum absorption and path length enhancement. We investigated the performance of the considered structure and determined the geometrical parameters that allow a better absorption.

Keywords

EN

42.70.Qs; 42.79.-e; 88.40.-j

Discipline

• 42.70.Qs: Photonic bandgap materials(for photonic crystal lasers, see 42.55.Tv)
• 88.40.-j: Solar energy
• 42.79.-e: Optical elements, devices, and systems(for integrated optics, see 42.82.-m; for fiber optics, see 42.81.-i)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 127
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 1205-1207

Dates

published

2015-04

Contributors

author

A. Ouanoughi

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

author

A. Hocini

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

author

D. Khedrouche

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

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.127.1205