ITO, Si3N4 and ZnO:Al - Simulation of different anti-reflection coatings (ARC) for thin film a-Si:H solar cells

Kazi Islam; Aaesha Alnuaimi; Helmy Ally; Ammar Nayfeh

doi:10.1109/EMS.2013.112

ITO, Si₃N₄ and ZnO:Al - Simulation of different anti-reflection coatings (ARC) for thin film a-Si:H solar cells

Kazi Islam, Aaesha Alnuaimi, Helmy Ally, Ammar Nayfeh

Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

For thin film solar cells incorporating amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) as absorber materials, minimizing reflection from the top surface i.e. maximizing transmittance of the incoming light into the absorber for higher absorption plays an important role for the overall device performance. This paper discusses ways to minimize reflection using different anti-reflection coatings (ARC) at the top surface of the solar cell. Focus of this paper is to study the effect of ITO, Si3N4 and ZnO:Al as ARC on thin film aSi:H n-i-p solar cells. The influences of electrical and optical properties of the said materials are modeled using Sentaurus TCAD. Results suggest that 60 nm Si3N4 proves to be the best ARC among the studied three and a very thin layer of ZnO:Al e.g. 20 nm can also be effective.

Original language	British English
Pages	673-676
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMS.2013.112
State	Published - 2013
Event	UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013 - Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 20 Nov 2013 → 22 Nov 2013

Conference

Conference	UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Manchester
Period	20/11/13 → 22/11/13

Keywords

ARC
ITO
Solar cell
TCO
ZnO:Al

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Islam, K, Alnuaimi, A, Ally, H & Nayfeh, A 2013, 'ITO, Si₃N₄ and ZnO:Al - Simulation of different anti-reflection coatings (ARC) for thin film a-Si:H solar cells', Paper presented at UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013, Manchester, United Kingdom, 20/11/13 - 22/11/13 pp. 673-676. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMS.2013.112

ITO, Si₃N₄ and ZnO:Al - Simulation of different anti-reflection coatings (ARC) for thin film a-Si:H solar cells. / Islam, Kazi; Alnuaimi, Aaesha; Ally, Helmy et al.
2013. 673-676 Paper presented at UKSim-AMSS 7th European Modelling Symposium on Computer Modelling and Simulation, EMS 2013, Manchester, United Kingdom.

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