%0 Journal Article
%A Jovanov, Vladislav
%A Shrestha, Shailesh
%A Hüpkes, Jürgen
%A Ermes, Markus
%A Bittkau, Karsten
%A Knipp, Dietmar
%T Influence of film formation on light-trapping properties of randomly textured silicon thin-film solar cells
%J Applied physics express
%V 7
%N 8
%@ 1882-0786
%C Tokyo
%I The Japan Society of Applied Physics
%M FZJ-2014-03767
%P 082301
%D 2014
%X The influence of film formation on light-trapping properties of silicon thin-film solar cells prepared on randomly textured substrates was studied. Realistic interface morphologies were calculated with a three-dimensional (3D) surface coverage algorithm using the measured substrate morphology and nominal film thicknesses of the individual layers as input parameters. Calculated interface morphologies were used in finite-difference time-domain simulations to determine the quantum efficiency and absorption in the individual layers of the thin-film solar cells. The investigation shows that a realistic description of interface morphologies is required to accurately predict the light-trapping properties of randomly textured silicon thin-film solar cells.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000341479000008
%R 10.7567/APEX.7.082301
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/154420