Extending the 1-D hovel model for coherent and incoherent back reflections in homojunction solar cells

MP Lumb, CG Bailey, JGJ Adams… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we extend the analytical drift-diffusion model, or Hovel model, to model the
electrical characteristics of solar cells incorporating a back mirror. We use a compact …

Analytical drift-diffusion modeling of GaAs solar cells incorporating a back mirror

MP Lumb, CG Bailey, JGJ Adams… - 2013 IEEE 39th …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work we extend the analytical drift-diffusion model, or Hovel model, to model the
electrical characteristics of solar cells incorporating a back mirror. We use a compact …

[HTML][HTML] Incorporating photon recycling into the analytical drift-diffusion model of high efficiency solar cells

MP Lumb, MA Steiner, JF Geisz… - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The analytical drift-diffusion formalism is able to accurately simulate a wide range of solar
cell architectures and was recently extended to include those with back surface reflectors …

[HTML][HTML] Apparent bandgap shift in the internal quantum efficiency for solar cells with back reflectors

MA Steiner, EE Perl, JF Geisz, DJ Friedman… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate that in solar cells with highly reflective back mirrors, the measured internal
quantum efficiency exhibits a shift in bandgap relative to the measured external quantum …

Two-dimensional simulations of bulk heterojunction solar cell characteristics

J Williams, AB Walker - Nanotechnology, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a two-dimensional model of a bulk heterojunction solar cell in which we include
the effects of optical interference, exciton diffusion, charge separation via the formation of …

Electro-optical modeling of bulk heterojunction solar cells

T Kirchartz, BE Pieters, K Taretto, U Rau - Journal of applied physics, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
We introduce a model for charge separation in bulk heterojunction solar cells that combines
exciton transport to the interface between donor and acceptor phases with the dissociation …

Calibrated numerical model of a GaInP–GaAs dual‐junction solar cell

SP Philipps, M Hermle, G Létay… - physica status solidi …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this letter a calibrated numerical model of a III–V dual‐junction solar cell including tunnel
diode and Bragg reflector is presented. The quantum efficiencies of the subcells are …

The analysis of light trapping and internal quantum efficiency of a solar cell with DBR back reflector

KH Yang, JY Yang - Solar Energy, 2009 - Elsevier
A theoretical analysis of the total internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of a flat-band p–n homo-
junction silicon solar cell with back reflector using distributed Bragg reflectors to improve the …

GenPro4 optical model for solar cell simulation and its application to multijunction solar cells

R Santbergen, T Meguro, T Suezaki… - IEEE journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a new version of our optical model for solar cell simulation: GenPro4. Its working
principles are briefly explained. The model is suitable for quickly and accurately simulating a …

Simulation of ultrathin solar cells beyond the limits of the semiclassical bulk picture

U Aeberhard - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The photovoltaic characteristics of an ultrathin GaAs solar cell with a gold back reflector are
simulated using the standard semiclassical drift-diffusion-Poisson model and an advanced …