Abstract
In this chapter, we review simulation models for thin-film solar cells, and especially the specific challenges encountered in modeling of thin-film cells based on emerging technologies. From a technological point of view, the numerous currently available photovoltaic (PV) technologies can be roughly subdivided into two classes. One is based on conventional (mono-)crystalline semiconductor technology, to which belong the first generation of solar cells such as monocrystalline silicon or gallium arsenide p-n junction cells, and the other is based on thin-film technology [1]. The term thin-film in this context does not primarily refer to the thickness of the devices, but to the type of production technologies used, although their physical thickness is typically small in the range of few tens of micrometer to well below 1 µm [19, 90].
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Optoelectronic Device Modeling and Simulation |
| Subtitle of host publication | Lasers, Modulators, Photodetectors, Solar Cells, and Numerical Methods |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 497-538 |
| Number of pages | 42 |
| Volume | 2 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781498749572 |
| ISBN (Print) | 1498749569, 9781498749565 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 2017 |
