The Effects of Temperature Variation with Surface Triangle Grating on Silicon Thin-Film Solar Cell Array Efficiency

This paper examines the effect of temperature variation on the surface triangular grating of the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) on the effectiveness of the entire array of silicon thin-film solar cells. Thin-film solar cells’ optical and electrical characteristics are examined using the electromagn...

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Published in:Plasmonics (Norwell, Mass.) Mass.), 2024-06, Vol.19 (3), p.1579-1588
Main Authors: ElKhamisy, Khalil, Abdelhamid, Hamdy, El-Rabaie, El-Sayed, Abdel-Salam, Nariman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biochemistry
Biological and Medical Physics
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Photovoltaic cells
Polaritons
Silicon films
Simulation
Solar arrays
Solar cells
Temperature effects
Thin films
Three dimensional models
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Summary:This paper examines the effect of temperature variation on the surface triangular grating of the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) on the effectiveness of the entire array of silicon thin-film solar cells. Thin-film solar cells’ optical and electrical characteristics are examined using the electromagnetic and semiconductor models. The 3D Multiphysics simulator is used to present this study. The MATLAB/SIMULINK model based on mathematical formulas is developed to simulate the entire array of solar cells with thin films. This approach is suggested for quickly simulating the thin-film array. The presented model was applied on thin-film solar cells with and without SPP depending on the complete cell parameters from the COMSOL Multiphysics model. The triangle’s SPPs accomplish a 14.76% efficiency increase of 1.07% over a solar cell without SPPs.
ISSN:1557-1955
1557-1963
DOI:10.1007/s11468-023-02093-4