Abstract
An optoelectrical model has been developed to simulate thin-film photovoltaic solar cells with periodically corrugated metallic backreflectors. The rigorous coupled-wave approach (RCWA) is used to calculate the absorption across the solar spectrum. This enables the calculation of the generation rate that drives a drift-diffusion model for the electrons and holes. The drift-diffusion equations are discretized using a hybridizable-discontinuous-Galerkin (HDG) scheme. The Newton{Raphson method is used to solve the resulting nonlinear system, with upwinding and homotopy used for stabilization. Numerical results concerning the convergence of HDG indicate that the HDG model is efficient and can be used to assess and improve solar cell designs.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion and Reliability |
| Editors | Jeremy N. Munday, Michael D. Kempe, Peter Bermel |
| Publisher | SPIE |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510620896 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
| Event | New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion and Reliability 2018 - San Diego, United States Duration: Aug 19 2018 → Aug 21 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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| Volume | 10759 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Other
| Other | New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion and Reliability 2018 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | San Diego |
| Period | 8/19/18 → 8/21/18 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Coupled spectral-hybridizable-discontinuous-Galerkin modeling of thin-film photovoltaic solar cells. / Anderson, Tom H.; Civiletti, Benjamin J.; Monk, Peter B.; Lakhtakia, Akhlesh.
New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion and Reliability. ed. / Jeremy N. Munday; Michael D. Kempe; Peter Bermel. SPIE, 2018. 107590X (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10759).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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AB - An optoelectrical model has been developed to simulate thin-film photovoltaic solar cells with periodically corrugated metallic backreflectors. The rigorous coupled-wave approach (RCWA) is used to calculate the absorption across the solar spectrum. This enables the calculation of the generation rate that drives a drift-diffusion model for the electrons and holes. The drift-diffusion equations are discretized using a hybridizable-discontinuous-Galerkin (HDG) scheme. The Newton{Raphson method is used to solve the resulting nonlinear system, with upwinding and homotopy used for stabilization. Numerical results concerning the convergence of HDG indicate that the HDG model is efficient and can be used to assess and improve solar cell designs.
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