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Paper Abstract
The concept of a 3D photonic crystal structure as diffractive and spectrally selective intermediate filter within
'micromorphous' (a-Si/μc-Si) tandem solar cells has been investigated numerically and experimentally. Our device aims
for the enhancement of the optical pathway of incident light within the amorphous silicon top cell in its spectral region of
low absorption. From our previous simulations, we expect a significant improvement of the tandem cell efficiency of
about absolutely 1.3%. This increases the efficiency for a typical a-Si / μc-Si tandem cell from 11.1% to 12.4%, as a
result of the optical current-matching of the two junctions. We suggest as wavelength-selective optical element a 3D-structured
optical thin-film, prepared by self-organized artificial opal templates and replicated with atomic layer
deposition. The resulting samples are highly periodic thin-film inverted opals made of conducting and transparent zinc-oxide.
We describe the fabrication processes and compare experimental data on the optical properties in reflection and
transmission with our simulations and photonic band structure calculations.
Paper Details
Date Published: 5 May 2008
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 7002, Photonics for Solar Energy Systems II, 700208 (5 May 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.781090
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7002:
Photonics for Solar Energy Systems II
Andreas Gombert, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 7002, Photonics for Solar Energy Systems II, 700208 (5 May 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.781090
Show Author Affiliations
Andreas Bielawny, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Paul T. Miclea, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Ralf B. Wehrspohn, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Seung-Mo Lee, Max-Planck-Institut for Microstructure Physics (Germany)
Mato Knez, Max-Planck-Institut for Microstructure Physics (Germany)
Paul T. Miclea, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Ralf B. Wehrspohn, Univ. of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
Seung-Mo Lee, Max-Planck-Institut for Microstructure Physics (Germany)
Mato Knez, Max-Planck-Institut for Microstructure Physics (Germany)
Carsten Rockstuhl, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. of Jena (Germany)
Marian Lisca, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. of Jena (Germany)
Falk L. Lederer, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. of Jena (Germany)
Reinhard Carius, Research Ctr. Jülich GmbH (Germany)
Marian Lisca, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. of Jena (Germany)
Falk L. Lederer, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. of Jena (Germany)
Reinhard Carius, Research Ctr. Jülich GmbH (Germany)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7002:
Photonics for Solar Energy Systems II
Andreas Gombert, Editor(s)
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