Surface nanostructure optimization for GaAs solar cell application

• Main Authors: Hong, Lei, Rusli, Yu, Hongyu, Wang, Xincai, Wang, Hao, Zheng, Hongyu
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97137; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11636
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Numerical simulation of optical absorption characteristics of gallium arsenide (GaAs) thin-film solar cells by the three-dimensional finite element method is presented, with emphasis on optimizing geometric parameters for nanowire and nanocone structures to maximize the ultimate photocurrent under A...