Alternative approach to optimizing optical spacer layer thickness in solar cell using evolutionary algorithm

Premkumar Vincent, Gwenaelle Cunha Sergio, Jaewon Jang, In Man Kang, Philippe Lang, Hyeok Kim, Minho Lee, Jin Hyuk Bae

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Abstract

This work is inspired by Darwin's biological evolution theory: natural selection. We propose to use genetic evolutionary algorithm to optimize the search for the optimal thickness in solar cells with regards to maximizing short-circuit current density. Optical spacer layer thickness need to be optimized in order to achieve maximum absorption of the incoming light by the solar cell. In order to obtain the best optical spacer thickness, we perform multiple simulations with different number of population, number of generations, mutation probability, number of bits, and selection and crossover methods. Our preliminary experiments show that the introduction of evolutionary algorithm result in a satisfactorily accurate search method when compared to brute-force. The future works on utilizing the full ability of evolutionary algorithm will be presented at the conference.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication19th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2019
EditorsKarin Hinzer, Joachim Piprek
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages89-90
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728116471
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event19th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2019 - Ottawa, Canada
Duration: 8 Jul 201912 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD
Volume2019-July
ISSN (Print)2158-3234

Conference

Conference19th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2019
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa
Period8/07/1912/07/19

Keywords

  • evolutionary algorithm
  • finite difference time domain
  • optical modelling
  • organic solar cell

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