Full 3D opto-electronic simulation tool for nanotextured solar cells (Conference Presentation)

Jérôme Michallon; Stéphane Collin

doi:10.1117/12.2250996

19 April 2017 Full 3D opto-electronic simulation tool for nanotextured solar cells (Conference Presentation)

Jérôme Michallon, Stéphane Collin

Proceedings Volume 10099, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VI; 1009911 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250996
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Increasing efforts on the photovoltaics research have recently been devoted to material savings, leading to the emergence of new designs based on nanotextured and nanowire-based solar cells. The use of small absorber volumes, light-trapping nanostructures and unconventional carrier collection schemes (radial nanowire junctions, point contacts in planar structures,…) increases the impact of surfaces recombination and induces homogeneity in the photogenerated carrier concentrations. The investigation of their impacts on the device performances need to be addressed using full 3D coupled opto-electrical modeling. In this context, we have developed a new tool for full 3D opto-electrical simulation using the most advanced optical and electrical simulation techniques. We will present an overview of its simulation capabilities and the key issues that have been solved to make it fully operational and reliable. We will provide various examples of opto-electronic simulation of (i) nanostructured solar cells with localized contacts and (ii) nanowire solar cells. We will also show how opto-electronic simulation can be used to simulate light- and electron-beam induced current (LBIC/EBIC) experiments, targeting quantitative analysis of the passivation properties of surfaces.

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Jérôme Michallon and Stéphane Collin "Full 3D opto-electronic simulation tool for nanotextured solar cells (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10099, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VI, 1009911 (19 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2250996

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Solar cells

Optoelectronics

3D modeling

Nanowires

Photovoltaics

3D acquisition

Nanostructures

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