Table 2 Summary of average absorption for the proposed designs of TFSC under TE and TM polarizations, for various light incidence angles (0° to 40°).

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

Incidence angle (θ)

Average absorption (%)

Cubic

Cylindrical

Spherical

TE

TM

TE

TM

TE

TM

0

93.5

93.5

90.1

90.1

88.4

88.4

10

82.2

80

82

79

80.2

76

20

76.2

75.9

87.6

81.5

88.7

77.7

30

79

78.8

85.3

80

87.7

76.4

40

60

59

53.2

50.5

55

48