Random versus periodic Determining light trapping of randomly textured thin film solar cells by the superposition of periodic surface textures》.pdf

Solar Energy Materials Solar Cells 143 (2015) 183–189 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Solar Energy Materials Solar Cells journal homepage: /locate/solmat Random versus periodic: Determining light trapping of randomly textured thin film solar cells by the superposition of periodic surface textures Rahul Dewan a,1, Shailesh Shrestha a, Vladislav Jovanov a, Jürgen Hüpkes b, Karsten Bittkau b, Dietmar Knipp a,n a Research Center for Functional Materials and Nanomolecular Science, Electronic Devices and Nanophotonics Laboratory, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany b Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung 5 / Photovoltaic, 52425 Jülich, Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: A simple method is developed to determine the light trapping properties of arbitrarily textured solar Received 20 January 2015 cells with high accuracy. The method allows for determining the quantum efficiency and short circuit Received in revised form current density of thin film solar cells prepared on randomly nanotextured surfaces. The light trapping of 19 May 2015 the randomly textured solar cell is described by the area weighted superposition of periodically textured Accepted 8 June 2015 solar cells. The necessary input parameters for the calculations are determined by analyzing the ran- domly textured surfaces of the solar cells using atomic force microscopy