TY - CONF
T1 - OPAL 2: Rapid optical simulation of silicon solar cells
T2 - 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Y1 - 2012
A1 - McIntosh, Keith R.
A1 - Baker-Finch, Simeon C.
AB - The freeware program OPAL 2 computes the optical losses associated with the front surface of a Si solar cell. It calculates the losses for any angle of incidence within seconds, where the short computation time is achieved by decoupling the ray tracing from the Fresnel equations. Amongst other morphologies, OPAL 2 can be used to assess the random-pyramid texture of c-Si solar cells, or the `isotexture' of mc-Si solar cells, and to determine (i) the optimal thickness of an antireflection coating with or without encapsulation, (ii) the impact of imperfect texturing, such as non-ideal texture angles, over-etched isotexture, and flat regions, and (iii) the subsequent 1D generation profile in the Si. This paper describes the approach and assumptions employed by OPAL 2 and presents examples that demonstrate the dependence of optical losses on texture quality and incident angle.
JA - 2012 IEEE 38th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
PB - IEEE
CY - Austin, TX, USA
SN - 978-1-4673-0064-3
KW - 532
ER -
TY - Generic
T1 - Outdoor measurement of 28% efficiency for a mini-concentrator module
T2 - National Center for Photovoltaics Program Review Meeting
Y1 - 2000
A1 - O’Neil, M.J.
A1 - McDanal, A.J.
JA - National Center for Photovoltaics Program Review Meeting
CY - Denver, USA
N1 -
KW - ONeil2000
ER -
TY - JOUR
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JF - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
Y1 - 1995
A1 - Martin A Green
A1 - Keevers, Mark J.
VL - 3
N1 -
KW - Green1995
ER -
TY - Generic
T1 - Optimizing Solar Cell Performance by Simultaneous Consideration of Grid Pattern Design and Interconnect Configurations
T2 - 13th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Y1 - 1978
A1 - H.B. Serreze
JA - 13th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
CY - Washington, D.C., USA
N1 -
KW - Serreze1978
ER -
TY - Generic
T1 - Optimum Design of Anti-reflection coating for silicon solar cells
T2 - 10th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
Y1 - 1973
A1 - E.Y. Wang
A1 - F.T.S. Yu
A1 - V.L. Sims
A1 - E.W. Brandhorst
A1 - J.D. Broder
JA - 10th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
N1 -
KW - Wang1973
ER -