TY - JOUR AV - none PB - Asian Research Publishing Network SP - 12094 IS - 20 TI - A theoretical investigation into the performance of swcnts as an antireflection coating layer for silicon solar cell N2 - In this paper optical simulations based on Transfer Matrix Method (TMM) is developed to investigate the performance of Carbon nanotube on silicon solar cells. Reflection of the incident photons by the silicon surface is a major source of losses for photovoltaic solar cell. However, these losses can be minimized by depositing an antireflection layer. Recently, antireflective coatings (ARCs) attract critical consideration for both their fundamental aspects and wide practical applications. The TMM solutions permit us to plot the optical reflectivity versus wavelengths and layer thicknesses. The optical refractive index and thicknesses of considered materials, which allowed us to have the lowest reflection, can be used to simulate the electrical properties of the cell with PC1D and Silvaco software in the future. ©2006-2016 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN). SN - 18196608 EP - 12098 ID - scholars7745 JF - ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 11 Y1 - 2016/// N1 - cited By 1 A1 - Hanaei, H. A1 - Assadi, M.K. A1 - Mohamed, N.M. A1 - Bashiri, R. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994351112&partnerID=40&md5=7b28aa5ccde44bf1290f17f3ab13ea0a ER -