PV Optics: a software package for solar cell and module design

Bhushan Sopori

doi:10.1117/12.736550

13 September 2007 PV Optics: a software package for solar cell and module design

Bhushan Sopori

Proceedings Volume 6652, Optical Modeling and Measurements for Solar Energy Systems; 665206 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.736550
Event: Solar Energy + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

PV Optics is a user-friendly software package developed to design and analyze solar cells and modules. It is applicable to a variety of optical structures, including thin and thick cells with light-trapping structures and metal optics. Using a combination of wave and ray optics to include effects of coherence and interference, it can be used to design single-junction and multijunction solar cells and modules. This paper describes some basic applications of PV Optics for crystalline and amorphous Si solar cell design. We present examples to examine the effects on solar cell performance of wafer thickness, antireflection coating thickness, texture height, and metal loss.

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Bhushan Sopori "PV Optics: a software package for solar cell and module design", Proc. SPIE 6652, Optical Modeling and Measurements for Solar Energy Systems, 665206 (13 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.736550

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