TY - CHAP A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Xavier, Jolly A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Wyss, Philippe A1 - Sontheimer, Tobias A1 - Rech, Bernd A1 - Probst, Jürgen A1 - Hülsen, Christoph A1 - Löchel, Bernd A1 - Erko, Alexei A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Back, Franziska A1 - Rudigier-Voigt, Eveline T1 - Nanophotonic light trapping in polycrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells using periodically nanoimprint-structured glass substrates T2 - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2023871 VL - 8824 SP - 88240D ER - 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 - 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 - 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 - Pomplun, Jan A1 - Burger, Sven A1 - Schmidt, Frank T1 - Adaptive sampling strategies for effcient parameter scans in nano-photonic device simulations T2 - Proc. SPIE Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2036363 VL - 8980 SP - 89801O PB - SPIE 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 - Hammerschmidt, Martin T1 - Optical simulation of complex nanostructured solar cells with a reduced basis method N2 - Simulations of optical processes and complex nanostructured devices have become omnipresent in recent years in several fields of current research and industrial applications, not limited to the field of photovoltaics. Devices or processes are optimized with respect to a certain objective where the underlying physical processes are described by partial differential equations. In photovoltaics and photonics electromagnetic fields are investigated which are governed by Maxwell’s equations. In this thesis a reduced basis method for the solution of the parameter dependent electromagnetic scattering problem with arbitrary parameters is developed. The method is developed with the specific challenges arising in optical simulations of thin-film silicon solar cells in mind. These are large in domain size and have a complex three-dimensional structure, making optimization tasks infeasible if high-accuracy of the electromagnetic field solution is required. The application of the empirical interpolation methods allows to expand an arbitrary parameter dependence affinely. Thus not only geometries, but also material tensors and source fields can be parameterized. Additionally, the required non-linear post-processing steps of the electromagnetic field to derive energy fluxes or volume absorption are addressed. The reduced basis method allows to reduce the computational costs by orders of magnitude compared to efficient finite element solvers. In addition, an efficient tailored domain decomposition algorithm is presented to model incoherent layers or illuminations in optical systems efficiently. This is of particular interest for solar cells in superstrate configuration where the absorber is illuminated through a glass substrate. The developed methods are employed in application examples taken from collaborations with experimentalists active in the joint lab “BerOSE” (Berlin Joint Lab for Optical Simulations for Energy Research). The optical model of a thin-film silicon multi-junction with incoherent light-trapping is characterized in great detail. The computational gains through hybrid, hp adaptive finite elements are studied and the incoherent domain decomposition algorithm is applied to model a more realistic light-trapping by the glass substrate. The numerical examples of a hexagonal nano-hole array and multi-junction silicon solar cell with a tunable intermediate reflector layer show that the reduced basis method is well suited as a forward solver for modeling and optimization tasks arising in photovoltaics and photonics. Reduced models for illumination and geometric parameters are built providing up to five orders of magnitude savings in computational costs. Resonance phenomena present in the nano-hole array example are detected and the model adapts itself automatically. KW - reduced basis method; model reduction; electromagnetics; photonics; solar cells; nanooptics; Maxwells equations; incoherence Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudissthesis000000102429-1 UR - http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/diss/receive/FUDISS_thesis_000000102429 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becker, Christiane A1 - Wyss, Philippe A1 - Eisenhauer, David A1 - Probst, Jürgen A1 - Preidel, Veit A1 - Hammerschmidt, Martin A1 - Burger, Sven T1 - 5 x 5 cm2 silicon photonic crystal slabs on glass and plastic foil exhibiting broadband absorption and high-intensity near-fields JF - Sci. Rep. Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05886 VL - 4 SP - 5886 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 - CHAP A1 - Manley, Phillip A1 - Schmidt, Frank A1 - Schmid, Martina T1 - Light extraction from plasmonic particles with dielectric shells and overcoatings T2 - Renewable Energy and the Environment Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2013.PW3B.7 SP - PW3B.7 PB - Optical Society of America ER -