Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Researcher:
Dr. Wei E.I. Sha, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (shawei@hku.hk)
Prof. Weng Cho Chew, Chair of Electromagnetics and Dean of Engineering (wcchew@hku.hk)
Prof. Wallace C.H. Choy, Assistant Professor (chchoy@eee.hku.hk)
Project Title:
Multiphysics Study of Plasmonic Solar Cells
Project Description:
Comprehensive multiphysics study of plasmonic solar cells.
Project Duration:
2 years (2009 July - 2011 July)
Project Significance:
- Developing the fast, efficient, and unified integral equation solver for modeling the optical and electrical properties of plasmonic solar cells;
- Studying the fundamental physics of plasmon resonances and their contributions for the optical and electrical properties of thin-film solar cells;
- Designing the new structures for plasmonic solar cells.
Results Achieved:
- Wei E.I. Sha, Wallace C.H. Choy, Weng Cho Chew, "A Comprehensive Study for the Plasmonic Thin-File Solar Cell with Periodic Structure", Optics Express, vol.18, no.6, pp.5993-6007, (2010)
Remarks on the Use of High Performance Computing Clusters:
The broadband and wide-angle calculations are critically important for plasmonic solar cell simulation, which requires a large amount of computational resources. The HPCPOWER cluster system and National Grid system are very helpful for the global modeling work.
