Effective index model as a reliable tool for the design of nanostructured thin-film solar cells.

ABSTRACT: Nanostructured anti-reflection coatings (ARC) are used to reduce the reflectivity of the front surface of solar cells. Computational electromagnetism helps to evaluate the spectral reflectivity of of this type of ARC using several approaches. They typically require large computational resources both in time and hardware elements (memory allocation, speed of processors, etc.). Long computational times may jeopardize optimization processes based on the iterative evaluation of a given merit function that depends on several parameters. Then, simplified analytic methods can speed up this evaluation with moderate computational resources. In this contribution we adapt an Effective Index Model (EIM) to the case of the design of an ARC made with nanoparticles (NP) embedded in a medium at the front

SUBMITTER: Sanchez PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10110609 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature