Table 1 List of the initial and optimized geometrical parameters used for the proposed thin-film CIGS solar cell involving different shapes of dielectric nano-particles.

From: Design and optimization of CIGS-based solar cell with surface dielectric nanostructures arrangement

Parameter

Decision space

Optimum values

From

To

Cubic

Cylindrical

Spherical

L1(nm)

50

250

200

---

---

L2 (nm)

50

250

130

---

---

L3 (nm)

50

250

210

---

---

d1 (nm)

50

150

50

50

70

d2 (nm)

50

150

150

150

150

h1 (nm)

20

150

150

127

---

h2 (nm)

20

150

82

130

---

h3 (nm)

20

150

150

127

---

R1 (nm)

50

110

---

100

70

R2 (nm)

50

110

---

67

50

R3 (nm)

50

110

---

100

60

H_ZnO(nm)

40

300

40

40

70