TY - JOUR
T1 - GenPro4 Optical Model for Solar Cell Simulation and Its Application to Multijunction Solar Cells
AU - Santbergen, Rudi
AU - Meguro, Tomomi
AU - Suezaki, Takashi
AU - Koizumi, Gensuke
AU - Yamamoto, Kenji
AU - Zeman, Miro
N1 - Accepted author manuscript
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We present a new version of our optical model for solar cell simulation: GenPro4. Its working principles are briefly explained. The model is suitable for quickly and accurately simulating a wide range of wafer-based and thin-film solar cells. Especially adjusting layer thicknesses to match the currents in multijunction devices can be done with a minimum of computational cost. To illustrate this, a triple junction thin-film silicon solar cell is simulated. The simulation results show very good agreement with external quantum efficiency measurements. The application of an MgF2 antireflective coating or an antireflective foil with pyramid texture is considered. Their effects on the implied photocurrents of top, middle, and bottom cells are investigated in detail.
AB - We present a new version of our optical model for solar cell simulation: GenPro4. Its working principles are briefly explained. The model is suitable for quickly and accurately simulating a wide range of wafer-based and thin-film solar cells. Especially adjusting layer thicknesses to match the currents in multijunction devices can be done with a minimum of computational cost. To illustrate this, a triple junction thin-film silicon solar cell is simulated. The simulation results show very good agreement with external quantum efficiency measurements. The application of an MgF2 antireflective coating or an antireflective foil with pyramid texture is considered. Their effects on the implied photocurrents of top, middle, and bottom cells are investigated in detail.
KW - Geometrical optics
KW - modeling
KW - thin film PV device properties and modeling
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U2 - 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2669640
DO - 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2017.2669640
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85016499321
SN - 2156-3381
VL - 7
SP - 919
EP - 926
JO - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
JF - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
IS - 3
M1 - 7866819
ER -