›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (8): 84205-084205.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/8/084205

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A new kind of superimposing morphology for enhancing the light scattering in thin film silicon solar cells:Combining random and periodic structure

黄振华a b c, 张建军a b c, 倪牮a b c, 王昊a b c, 赵颖a b c   

  1. a Institute of Photo-electronics Thin Film Devices and Technique of Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;
    b Key Laboratory of Photo-electronics Thin Film Devices and Technique of Tianjin, Tianjin 300071, China;
    c Key Laboratory of Photo-electronic Information Science and Technology of Ministry of Education (Nankai University), Tianjin 300071, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-09-21 修回日期:2014-02-01 出版日期:2014-08-15 发布日期:2014-08-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CBA00705, 2011CBA00706, and 2011CBA00707), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61377031), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China (Grant No. 12JCQNJC01000), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20120031120044), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 65012371).

A new kind of superimposing morphology for enhancing the light scattering in thin film silicon solar cells:Combining random and periodic structure

Huang Zhen-Hua (黄振华)a b c, Zhang Jian-Jun (张建军)a b c, Ni Jian (倪牮)a b c, Wang Hao (王昊)a b c, Zhao Ying (赵颖)a b c   

  1. a Institute of Photo-electronics Thin Film Devices and Technique of Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China;
    b Key Laboratory of Photo-electronics Thin Film Devices and Technique of Tianjin, Tianjin 300071, China;
    c Key Laboratory of Photo-electronic Information Science and Technology of Ministry of Education (Nankai University), Tianjin 300071, China
  • Received:2013-09-21 Revised:2014-02-01 Online:2014-08-15 Published:2014-08-15
  • Contact: Zhao Ying E-mail:jjzhang@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CBA00705, 2011CBA00706, and 2011CBA00707), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61377031), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China (Grant No. 12JCQNJC01000), the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (Grant No. 20120031120044), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. 65012371).

摘要: In this article, a new type of superimposing morphology comprised of a periodic nanostructure and a random structure is proposed for the first time to enhance the light scattering in silicon-based thin film solar cells. According to the framework of the Reyleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction algorithm and the experimental results of random morphologies, we analyze the light-scattering properties of four superimposing morphologies and compare them with the individual morphologies in detail. The results indicate that the superimposing morphology can offer a better light trapping capacity, owing to the coexistence of the random scattering mechanism and the periodic scattering mechanism. Its scattering property will be dominated by the individual nanostructures whose geometrical features play the leading role.

关键词: light scattering, superimposing morphology, random, periodic

Abstract: In this article, a new type of superimposing morphology comprised of a periodic nanostructure and a random structure is proposed for the first time to enhance the light scattering in silicon-based thin film solar cells. According to the framework of the Reyleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction algorithm and the experimental results of random morphologies, we analyze the light-scattering properties of four superimposing morphologies and compare them with the individual morphologies in detail. The results indicate that the superimposing morphology can offer a better light trapping capacity, owing to the coexistence of the random scattering mechanism and the periodic scattering mechanism. Its scattering property will be dominated by the individual nanostructures whose geometrical features play the leading role.

Key words: light scattering, superimposing morphology, random, periodic

中图分类号:  (Optical elements, devices, and systems)

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88.50.gj (Modeling, design) 88.40.jj (Silicon solar cells)