@inproceedings{515a34af57df4380ac8ab4adc2d85492,
title = "Modeling of Advanced Light Trapping Approaches in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells",
abstract = "Due to the increasing complexity of thin-film silicon solar cells, the role of computer modeling for analyzing and designing these devices becomes increasingly important. The ASA program was used to study two of these advanced devices. The simulations of an amorphous silicon solar cell with silver nanoparticles embedded in a zinc oxide back reflector demonstrated the negative effect of the parasitic absorption in the particles. When using optical properties of perfectly spherical particles a modest enhancement in the external quantum efficiency was found. The simulations of a tandem micromorph solar cell, in which a zinc oxide based photonic crystal-like multilayer was incorporated as an intermediate reflector (IR), demonstrated that the IR resulted in an enhanced photocurrent in the top cell and could be used to optimize the current matching of the top and bottom cell.",
keywords = "conference contrib. refereed, Conf.proc. > 3 pag",
author = "M Zeman and O Isabella and K Jaeger and P Babal and S Solntsev and R Santbergen",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1557/opl.2011.955",
language = "English",
publisher = "Materials Research Society",
pages = "153--158",
editor = "B Yan and S Higashi and CC Tsai and Q Wang and H Gleskova",
booktitle = "MRS Proceedings 2011, vol. 1321",
address = "United States",
note = "2011 MRS Spring Meeting ; Conference date: 25-04-2011 Through 29-04-2011",
}