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Graded SiNx/SiOxNy Layers as Antireflective Coatings for Solar Cells Based on GaAs and Silicon Crystalline

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These days solar cells layers are increasingly used primarily because of their low cost. During the last decades the performance of these cells were clearly improved. In the present work, a comparative study of two photovoltaic materials that are gallium arsenic and silicon. This allowed us to define the most efficient photovoltaic material. We have used for this purpose a method of adequate global search optimization for the search for optimal performance based on structural parameters (doping and thickness) of solar cells. This optimization method has allowed us to obtain a return of 26.15% for a solar cell based on GaAs and 18.15% for a solar cell based on Si, we were interested as to show the influence of the depth of penetration of light photons on the solar cells based on Si and GaAs which showed that the variation of the current density and more importantly on the deposit Arsenide Gallium 45.3 A / cm2.

DOI 10.11648/j.sr.20160401.14
Published in Science Research (Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2016)
Page(s) 21-25
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Keywords

Solar Cells, GaAs, Si, Anti-Reflective Coating, Optimization, Performance

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  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

  • Physical Department, Laboratory of the Semiconductors and Solar Energy (LASSE), University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal

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