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Design Simulation and Analysis of Improved Anti Reflecting Coating for Reflection Loss Minimization of Solar Cell

Asharam ., Bharat Bhushan Jain

Abstract


Antireflection coatings are made up of a thin layer of dielectric material with a specific thickness and refractive index that causes the wave reflected from the top surface of the antireflection coating to be out of phase with the wave reflected from the semiconductor surface due to interference effects in the coating. Anti-reflective coating design and modelling were utilised to improve the efficiency of solar cells. When integrated into arrays of devices, anti-reflection coating aids in the production of novel geometry forms for determining various methods for light trapping in all directions and maximises the utilisation of space. TCAD software's modular choices and surface texture were examined as possible ways to improve. The platform for system and process simulation, based on Silvaco software, significantly increased yield while reducing losses. Evaluation of device performance has led to the development of an anti-reflective multi-layer covering. Simulated results show that the multi-layer coating helps to improve the amount of accessible current.


Keywords


Anti Reflecting coating, TCAD, Device Simulation, Solar Cell

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