Opto-electro-thermal simulation technology of solar cells

Yidan An; Yue Zhao; Tianshu Ma; Xiaofeng Li

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/40/5/050403

J. Semicond. > 2019, Volume 40 > Issue 5 > 050403, doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/5/050403

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Opto-electro-thermal simulation technology of solar cells

Yidan An^{1, 2}, Yue Zhao^{1, 2}, Tianshu Ma^{1, 2} and Xiaofeng Li^{1, 2,}

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Corresponding author: Xiaofeng Li, Email: xfli@suda.edu.cn

References

[1]	Green M A, Bremner S P. Energy conversion approaches and materials for high-efficiency photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2017, 16(1), 23 doi: 10.1038/nmat4676
[2]	Best Research-Cell Efficiencies (NREL, 2019) https://www.nrel.gov/pv/assets/pdfs/best-reserch-cell-efficiencies.20190411.pdf.
[3]	Polman A, Knight M, Garnett E C, et al. Photovoltaic materials: Present efficiencies and future challenges. Science, 2016, 352(6283), aad4424 doi: 10.1126/science.aad4424
[4]	Polman A, Atwater H A. Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2012, 11(3), 174 doi: 10.1038/nmat3263
[5]	Shang A, Li X. Photovoltaic devices: opto-electro-thermal physics and modeling. Adv Mater, 2017, 29(8), 1603492 doi: 10.1002/adma.201603492
[6]	Shang A, An Y, Ma D, et al. Optoelectronic insights into the photovoltaic losses from photocurrent, voltage, and energy perspectives. AIP Adv, 2017, 7(8), 085019 doi: 10.1063/1.4990288
[7]	Li X, Hylton N P, Giannini V, et al. Bridging electromagnetic and carrier transport calculations for three-dimensional modelling of plasmonic solar cells. Opt Express, 2011, 19(104), A888 doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00A888
[8]	Li X, Hylton N P, Giannini V, et al. Multi-dimensional modeling of solar cells with electromagnetic and carrier transport calculations. Prog Photovolt: Res Appl, 2013, 21(1), 109 doi: 10.1002/pip.v21.1
[9]	An Y, Shang A, Cao G, et al. Perovskite solar cells: optoelectronic simulation and optimization. Solar RRL, 2018, 2(11), 1800126 doi: 10.1002/solr.v2.11
[10]	Zhu L, Raman A P, Fan S. Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a visibly transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody. PNAS, 2015, 112(40), 12282 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509453112
[11]	Piprek J. Semiconductor optoelectronic devices: introduction to physics and simulation. Elsevier, 2013

Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Schematic diagrams of energy flow distribution in SCs under sunlight illumination. (b) The carrier thermodynamic physics in SCs. (c) The schematic diagrams of optical, electrical and thermal optimization strategy applied in the SC. (d) The possible applications of the OET simulation technology^[5].

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[1]	Green M A, Bremner S P. Energy conversion approaches and materials for high-efficiency photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2017, 16(1), 23 doi: 10.1038/nmat4676
[2]	Best Research-Cell Efficiencies (NREL, 2019) https://www.nrel.gov/pv/assets/pdfs/best-reserch-cell-efficiencies.20190411.pdf.
[3]	Polman A, Knight M, Garnett E C, et al. Photovoltaic materials: Present efficiencies and future challenges. Science, 2016, 352(6283), aad4424 doi: 10.1126/science.aad4424
[4]	Polman A, Atwater H A. Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics. Nat Mater, 2012, 11(3), 174 doi: 10.1038/nmat3263
[5]	Shang A, Li X. Photovoltaic devices: opto-electro-thermal physics and modeling. Adv Mater, 2017, 29(8), 1603492 doi: 10.1002/adma.201603492
[6]	Shang A, An Y, Ma D, et al. Optoelectronic insights into the photovoltaic losses from photocurrent, voltage, and energy perspectives. AIP Adv, 2017, 7(8), 085019 doi: 10.1063/1.4990288
[7]	Li X, Hylton N P, Giannini V, et al. Bridging electromagnetic and carrier transport calculations for three-dimensional modelling of plasmonic solar cells. Opt Express, 2011, 19(104), A888 doi: 10.1364/OE.19.00A888
[8]	Li X, Hylton N P, Giannini V, et al. Multi-dimensional modeling of solar cells with electromagnetic and carrier transport calculations. Prog Photovolt: Res Appl, 2013, 21(1), 109 doi: 10.1002/pip.v21.1
[9]	An Y, Shang A, Cao G, et al. Perovskite solar cells: optoelectronic simulation and optimization. Solar RRL, 2018, 2(11), 1800126 doi: 10.1002/solr.v2.11
[10]	Zhu L, Raman A P, Fan S. Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a visibly transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody. PNAS, 2015, 112(40), 12282 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1509453112
[11]	Piprek J. Semiconductor optoelectronic devices: introduction to physics and simulation. Elsevier, 2013