The Effects of surface plasmon polariton on Silicon Thin Film Solar Cell Array

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the impact of surface plasmon polariton on the entire array of silicon thin-film solar cells. The electromagnetic and semiconductor models are used to investigate the optical and electrical properties of thin-film solar cells, respectively. This study is introduced by using the 3D Multiphysics simulator. A 14.76% efficiency is achieved for triangle’ SPPs of 1.07% improvement compared with a solar cell with SPPs free. MATLAB/SIMULINK model based on mathematical equations was introduced for thin-film solar cells to study the complete array. This method is suggested to simulate the thin film array in a very short time.