Simulation study of TiO2 single layer anti-reflection coating for GaAs solar cell
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Abstract
Anti-reflection coating (ARC) plays an important role in reducing the reflection of incident light and absorbing more photons to produce more photoelectrons. In this paper, a single-layer TiO2 anti-reflection coating is performed on GaAs solar cells. In the simulation study, we compared the solar cell before and after ARC by using PC1D simulation software. The I–V characteristics, reflectance, and external quantum efficiency have been simulated with a refractive index of 2.324 at 600 nm wavelength. The simulated results show that the ARC-coated solar cell performs better. It is found that the power conversion efficiency of 24.75% reflection is 9.5%, and the EQE is 95% at the 62 nm thickness of the ARC layer. The optimized reflectivity was found to be around 5%, which is quite lower than that without ARC (32%).
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OpenAlex topics: solar cell performance optimization · Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications
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Research Center for Applied Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University 1 , Kathmandu, Nepal
Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus 2 , Ghantaghar, Kathmandu, Nepal
Graduate School of Integrated Energy-AI, Jeonbuk National University 3 , 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, South Korea
4 Myrveien 13, Lebesby Kommune, 9740 Lebesby, Norway
School of Science, Kathmandu University 5 , Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
School of International Engineering and Science, Jeonbuk National University 6 , 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54896, South Korea
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