TY - CHAP A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Schwanke, Christoph A1 - Kirner, Simon A1 - Calnan, Sonya A1 - Stannowski, Bernd A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - 3D optical modeling of thin-film a-Si/mc-Si tandem solar cells with random textured interfaces using FEM T2 - Renewable Energy and the Environment Optics and Photonics Congress Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/E2.2012.JM5A.15 SP - JM5A.15 PB - Optical Society of America ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Schwanke, Christoph A1 - Kirner, Simon A1 - Calnan, Sonya A1 - Stannowski, Bernd A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - FEM-based optical modeling of silicon thin-film tandem solar cells with randomly textured interfaces in 3D JF - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2001789 VL - 8620 SP - 86201H ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Schubert-Bischoff, Peter A1 - Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline A1 - Bockmeyer, Matthias A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Large-area 2D periodic crystalline silicon nanodome arrays on nanoimprinted glass exhibiting photonic band structure effects JF - Nanotechnology Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/23/13/135302 VL - 23 IS - 13 SP - 135302 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline A1 - Bockmeyer, Matthias A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Klimm, Carola A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Light harvesting architectures for electron beam evaporated solid phase crystallized Si thin film solar cells JF - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.10.025 VL - 358 IS - 17 SP - 2303 EP - 2307 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Nanophotonic light trapping in 3-dimensional thin-film silicon architectures JF - Opt. Express Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.000A42 VL - 21 SP - A42 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Ruske, Florian A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Optical properties and Limits of a Large-Area Periodic Nanophotonic Light Trapping Design for Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells JF - MRS Proceedings Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1557/opl.2013.28 VL - 1493 SP - 59 EP - 64 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Back, Franziska A1 - Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline A1 - Rech, Bernd A1 - Becker, Christiane T1 - Analysis of absorption enhancement in tailor-made periodic polycrystalline silicon microarrays JF - physica status solidi (RRL)-Rapid Research Letters Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.201308098 VL - 7 IS - 12 SP - 1045 EP - 1049 PB - WILEY-VCH Verlag ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Back, Franziska A1 - Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline A1 - Löchel, Bernd A1 - Erko, Alexei A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Schnegg, Alexander A1 - Lips, Klaus A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Correlation between structural and opto-electronic characteristics of crystalline Si microhole arrays for photonic light management JF - Journal of Applied Physics Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829008 VL - 114 IS - 17 SP - 173513 PB - AIP Publishing ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Ruske, Florian A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - Advanced microhole arrays for light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells JF - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2013.11.024 VL - 125 SP - 298 EP - 304 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kirner, Simon A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Schwanke, Christoph A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Calnan, Sonya A1 - Frijnts, Tim A1 - Neubert, Sebastian A1 - Schöpke, Andreas A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Zollondz, Jens-Hendrik A1 - Heidelberg, Andreas A1 - Stannowski, Bernd A1 - Rech, Bernd A1 - Schlatmann, Rutger T1 - Implications of TCO Topography on Intermediate Reflector Design for a-Si/μc-Si Tandem Solar Cells — Experiments and Rigorous Optical Simulations JF - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2279204 VL - 4 IS - 1 SP - 10 EP - 15 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Zschiedrich, Lin A1 - Schmidt, Frank T1 - Optical modelling of incoherent substrate light-trapping in silicon thin film multi-junction solar cells with finite elements and domain decomposition T2 - Proc. SPIE: Physics and Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices XXII Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036346 VL - 8980 SP - 898007 PB - SPIE ER - TY - THES A1 - Lockau, Daniel T1 - Optical modeling of thin film silicon solar cells with random and periodic light management textures Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:83-opus-38759 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Haschke, Jan A1 - Blome, Mark A1 - Ruske, Florian A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Rech, Bernd T1 - A comparison of scattering and non-scattering anti-reflection designs for back contacted polycrystalline thin film silicon solar cells in superstrate configuration T2 - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2052362 VL - 9140 SP - 914006 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Zschiedrich, Lin A1 - Schmidt, Frank T1 - Optical modelling of incoherent substrate light-trapping in silicon thin film multi-junction solar cells with finite elements and domain decomposition N2 - In many experimentally realized applications, e.g. photonic crystals, solar cells and light-emitting diodes, nano-photonic systems are coupled to a thick substrate layer, which in certain cases has to be included as a part of the optical system. The finite element method (FEM) yields rigorous, high accuracy solutions of full 3D vectorial Maxwell's equations [1] and allows for great flexibility and accuracy in the geometrical modelling. Time-harmonic FEM solvers have been combined with Fourier methods in domain decomposition algorithms to compute coherent solutions of these coupled system. [2,3] The basic idea of a domain decomposition approach lies in a decomposition of the domain into smaller subdomains, separate calculations of the solutions and coupling of these solutions on adjacent subdomains. In experiments light sources are often not perfectly monochromatic and hence a comparision to simulation results might only be justified if the simulation results, which include interference patterns in the substrate, are spectrally averaged. In this contribution we present a scattering matrix domain decomposition algorithm for Maxwell's equations based on FEM. We study its convergence and advantages in the context of optical simulations of silicon thin film multi-junction solar cells. This allows for substrate light-trapping to be included in optical simulations and leads to a more realistic estimation of light path enhancement factors in thin-film devices near the band edge. T3 - ZIB-Report - 14-21 KW - finite element method KW - rigorous optical modeling KW - domain decomposition KW - multi-junction solar cells KW - thin-film silicon solar cells KW - incoherent layers KW - incoherent light-trapping Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-50410 SN - 1438-0064 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lockau, Daniel A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Blome, Mark A1 - Schmidt, Frank ED - Deuflhard, Peter ED - et al., T1 - Optics of thin film solar cells T2 - MATHEON-Mathematics for Key Technologies Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4171/137 VL - 1 SP - 278 EP - 279 PB - European Mathematical Society ER -