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Optica Publishing Group
  • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
  • Vol. 18,
  • Issue 2,
  • pp. 180-183
  • (2014)

Simulation of Rough Surface of CIGS (CuInGaSe) Solar Cell by RCWA (Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis) Considering the Incoherency of Light

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Abstract

The surface of semiconductor solar cells, such as a-Si or CIGS (CuInGaSe) solar cells is not flat but textured in the microscopic domain. With textured surfaces, the optical reflectivity of a solar cell is different from that of flat surfaces in the wavelength region. In this paper, the effects of a textured surface on a CIGS solar cell are presented by RCWA (Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis) method. The effect of incoherent light is also considered by RCWA with a Fourier analysis while conventional optical simulation uses the input light on the solar cell as coherent light. Using experimental results, the author showed that the RCWA method with a Fourier analysis is a proper method to simulate the optical properties of CIGS solar cells.

© 2014 Optical Society of Korea

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