Micro/nanostructures for light trap** in monocrystalline silicon solar cells

H Liu, YX Du, XT Yin, MY Bai… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the ongoing depletion of fossil energy, alternative energy‐sources and their
respective conversion technologies have become very essential. An inexhaustible and …

Optical performance analysis of InP nanostructures for photovoltaic applications

S Saurabh, MK Hossain, S Singh, SK Agnihotri… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article, we have performed a comparative analysis of six different types of
nanostructures that can improve photon management for photovoltaic applications. These …

Boosting photoelectric performance of thin film GaAs solar cell based on multi-objective optimization for solar energy utilization

WW Zhang, H Qi, YK Ji, MJ He, YT Ren, Y Li - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
For enhancing the photoelectric performance of the GaAs photovoltaic cell, the non-
dominated sorted genetic algorithm-II (NSGA-II) is employed to solve the multi-objective …

Plasmon-enhanced parabolic nanostructures for broadband absorption in ultra-thin crystalline Si solar cells

YA Pritom, DK Sikder, S Zaman, M Hossain - Nanoscale Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sub-wavelength plasmonic light trap** nanostructures are promising candidates for
achieving enhanced broadband absorption in ultra-thin silicon (Si) solar cells. In this work …

Optical design of ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on trapezoidal pyramid structure

W Fu, Z Wang, Z Yi, Q Song, L Bian, S Cheng… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study analyzed the solar absorption characteristics of Trapezoidal Pyramid ultra-thin
GaAs solar cells (GTCs) using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. The study …

Visually hidden, self-assembled porous polymers for optical physically unclonable functions

MS Kim, GJ Lee - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
Owing to the advancement of security technologies, several encryption methods have been
proposed. Despite such efforts, forging artifices is financially and somatically becoming a …

Numerical analysis of InP based high efficiency radial junction nanowire solar cell

SK Agnihotri, DP Samajdar, DV Prashant, Z Arefinia - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract III-V nanowire (NW) solar cells (SCs) promise a comparable efficiency to that of their
planar counterparts with additional advantage of reduced material consumption to cut the …

Systematic Investigation of the Optical Characteristics of GaAs Solar Cells with Antireflection Coatings and Metallic Nanoparticles Using Finite Element Analysis

S Singh, DP Samajdar, K Dutta - ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2024 - ACS Publications
For energy-efficient thin-film solar cells, photovoltaic researchers are investigating
alternative strategies like metallic nanostructures supporting plasmon resonance and …

Efficient GaAs nanowire solar cells with carrier selective contacts: FDTD and device analysis

DV Prashant, SK Agnihotri, DP Samajdar - Materials Science in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanowire (NW) solar cells (SCs) with III-V materials have demonstrated superior light
harvesting and anti-reflection characteristics, while also consuming less material than planar …

Performance analysis of ITO-free PEDOT: PSS/InP nanowire hybrid solar cell

SK Agnihotri, DV Prashant, DP Samajdar, Z Arefinia - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
InP nanostructure based solar cells (SCs) offer high efficiency with reduced material
requirement when compared to their planar/thin-film SCs. In order to further reduce the cost …