Light Trapping Enhancement in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell with Different Back Reflector

Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey; Saravanan Sigamani

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Light Trapping Enhancement in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell with Different Back Reflector

Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey, Saravanan Sigamani

Published in International Journal of Electrical Components and Energy Conversion (Volume 3, Issue 5)

Received: 26 December 2017 Accepted: 10 January 2018 Published: 22 January 2018

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Enhanced conversion efficiency with reduced cost of thin film solar cell is the primary objective of the scientific community. Light trapping mechanism is essential which have been explored and improved the performance of the solar cell. Past few decades, the plasmonic solar cell has been investigated in which actively involves metal nanostructure like nanoparticle or grating. Our numerical work analyzes the light absorption enhancement in the 1µm thin c-Si solar cell with different nanostructures. The optimal design combines front dielectric (ITO) and back metal (Ag) gratings as the reflector. This designed cell shows enhanced absorption through localized surface plasmon (LSP) or surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Comparing reference, the dual grating solar cell provides a significant efficiency from ~11% to 18.82%, which is a 71% enhancement. This enhancement has been attributed to the field localization and resonantly field scattering at the interface of the metal and active region.

Published in	International Journal of Electrical Components and Energy Conversion (Volume 3, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijecec.20170305.11
Page(s)	83-87
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Conversion Efficiency, Thin Film, Light Trapping, Surface Plasmon Polariton

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Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey, Saravanan Sigamani. (2018). Light Trapping Enhancement in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell with Different Back Reflector. International Journal of Electrical Components and Energy Conversion, 3(5), 83-87. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijecec.20170305.11

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Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey; Saravanan Sigamani. Light Trapping Enhancement in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell with Different Back Reflector. Int. J. Electr. Compon. Energy Convers. 2018, 3(5), 83-87. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecec.20170305.11

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Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey, Saravanan Sigamani. Light Trapping Enhancement in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cell with Different Back Reflector. Int J Electr Compon Energy Convers. 2018;3(5):83-87. doi: 10.11648/j.ijecec.20170305.11

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Raghvendra Sarvjeet Dubey

Department of Nanotechnology, Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology, West Godavari, India
Saravanan Sigamani

Department of Nanotechnology, Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology, West Godavari, India

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