The significance of interference effects in thin film Cu2S/CdS solar cells

✍ Scribed by C. Van De Walle; P. De Visschere

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1983
• Weight: 323 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0379-6787
• DOI: 10.1016/0379-6787(83)90029-7

✦ Synopsis

The generation rate of electron-hole pairs in the Cu2S layer of a thin film Cu2S/CdS solar cell is calculated according to a semicoherent model. In this model the coherent addition of light waves is strictly limited to the Cu2S layer. In contrast with the results of a fully coherent model, in which coherent addition is assumed throughout the whole structure, the interference effects have no significant influence on the photocurrent. *P. De Visschere is also with the National Fund for Scientific Research of Belgium.