Journal of the Optical Society of Korea

  • 제18권5호
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  • Pages.429-435
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  • 2014
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  • 1226-4776(pISSN)
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  • 2093-6885(eISSN)
한국광학회 (Optical Society of Korea)
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Ultra Broadband Absorption of SPPs Enhanced Dual Grating Thin Film CIGS Solar Cell Enabled by Particle Swarm Optimization

  • Le, DuyKhanh (Department of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Tran, QuyetThang (Department of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Lee, Sangjun (Department of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University) ;
  • Kim, Sangin (Department of Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajou University)
  • 투고 : 2014.05.02
  • 심사 : 2014.08.07
  • 발행 : 2014.10.25
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We examined the effective utilization of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to enhance the light absorption performance in thin CuIn1-xGaxSe2 (CIGS) solar cells with dual (top and bottom) gratings. The PSO tuned structure was demonstrated to be capable of achieving high and ultra broadband absorption spectra due to well-spaced and well-defined absorption peaks, which were SPPs and photonic modes induced by the metal and dielectric gratings. For only TM polarization and both polarizations, the fully optimized net absorptions exhibit 85.6% and 78.1%, which correspond to ~35.4% and ~23.5% improvement compared to optimized flat structures, respectively.

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