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Title:	Schottky-barrier solar cells, surface patterning for efficient light collection
Author:	Manolis, Constantinos
View Online:	njit-etd1989-023 ([iv], 97 pages ~ 3.3 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Electrical Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Electrical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Grebel, Haim (Committee chair) Ravindra, N. M. (Committee member) Sosnowski, Marek (Committee member)
Date:	1989
Keywords:	Solar cells. Photovoltaic power generation.
Availability:	Unrestricted
Abstract:	Different geometrical surface configurations are considered here for a Au/n-Si semiconductor Schottky-barrier solar cell to improve their light collection efficiency. Optical and electrical properties are theoretically analyzed for two given optical wavelengths of 0.9 and 0.5 micrometers respectively. The configurations considered are: V-shaped, Star- shaped, M-shaped, asymmetric-V-shaped, and asymmetric-M-shaped. They all show a significant improvement in the short-circuit current over a flat cell model, while the open-circuit voltage remains practically unchanged.