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Volume 34, Issue 5
A Stochastic Gradient Descent Method for Computational Design of Random Rough Surfaces in Solar Cells

Qiang Li, Gang Bao, Yanzhao Cao & Junshan Lin

Commun. Comput. Phys., 34 (2023), pp. 1361-1390.

Published online: 2023-12

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In this work, we develop a stochastic gradient descent method for the computational optimal design of random rough surfaces in thin-film solar cells. We formulate the design problems as random PDE-constrained optimization problems and seek the optimal statistical parameters for the random surfaces. The optimizations at fixed frequency as well as at multiple frequencies and multiple incident angles are investigated. To evaluate the gradient of the objective function, we derive the shape derivatives for the interfaces and apply the adjoint state method to perform the computation. The stochastic gradient descent method evaluates the gradient of the objective function only at a few samples for each iteration, which reduces the computational cost significantly. Various numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the efficiency of the method and significant increases of the absorptance for the optimal random structures. We also examine the convergence of the stochastic gradient descent algorithm theoretically and prove that the numerical method is convergent under certain assumptions for the random interfaces.

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35J05, 35Q60, 49M41, 49Q10, 65C05, 65C30, 60H35

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@Article{CiCP-34-1361, author = {Li , QiangBao , GangCao , Yanzhao and Lin , Junshan}, title = {A Stochastic Gradient Descent Method for Computational Design of Random Rough Surfaces in Solar Cells}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2023}, volume = {34}, number = {5}, pages = {1361--1390}, abstract = {

In this work, we develop a stochastic gradient descent method for the computational optimal design of random rough surfaces in thin-film solar cells. We formulate the design problems as random PDE-constrained optimization problems and seek the optimal statistical parameters for the random surfaces. The optimizations at fixed frequency as well as at multiple frequencies and multiple incident angles are investigated. To evaluate the gradient of the objective function, we derive the shape derivatives for the interfaces and apply the adjoint state method to perform the computation. The stochastic gradient descent method evaluates the gradient of the objective function only at a few samples for each iteration, which reduces the computational cost significantly. Various numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the efficiency of the method and significant increases of the absorptance for the optimal random structures. We also examine the convergence of the stochastic gradient descent algorithm theoretically and prove that the numerical method is convergent under certain assumptions for the random interfaces.

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TY - JOUR T1 - A Stochastic Gradient Descent Method for Computational Design of Random Rough Surfaces in Solar Cells AU - Li , Qiang AU - Bao , Gang AU - Cao , Yanzhao AU - Lin , Junshan JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 5 SP - 1361 EP - 1390 PY - 2023 DA - 2023/12 SN - 34 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2023-0142 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/22256.html KW - Optimal design, random rough surface, solar cell, Helmholtz equation, stochastic gradient descent method. AB -

In this work, we develop a stochastic gradient descent method for the computational optimal design of random rough surfaces in thin-film solar cells. We formulate the design problems as random PDE-constrained optimization problems and seek the optimal statistical parameters for the random surfaces. The optimizations at fixed frequency as well as at multiple frequencies and multiple incident angles are investigated. To evaluate the gradient of the objective function, we derive the shape derivatives for the interfaces and apply the adjoint state method to perform the computation. The stochastic gradient descent method evaluates the gradient of the objective function only at a few samples for each iteration, which reduces the computational cost significantly. Various numerical experiments are conducted to illustrate the efficiency of the method and significant increases of the absorptance for the optimal random structures. We also examine the convergence of the stochastic gradient descent algorithm theoretically and prove that the numerical method is convergent under certain assumptions for the random interfaces.

Qiang Li, Gang Bao, Yanzhao Cao & Junshan Lin. (2023). A Stochastic Gradient Descent Method for Computational Design of Random Rough Surfaces in Solar Cells. Communications in Computational Physics. 34 (5). 1361-1390. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2023-0142
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