All-back-contact ultra-thin silicon nanocone solar cells with 13.7% power conversion efficiency

S Jeong, MD McGehee, Y Cui - Nature communications, 2013 - nature.com
Thinner Si solar cells with higher efficiency can make a Si photovoltaic system a cost-
effective energy solution, and nanostructuring has been suggested as a promising method …

Complex photonic structures for light harvesting

M Burresi, F Pratesi, F Riboli… - Advanced optical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, micro‐and nanophotonics have roused a strong interest in the
scientific community for their promising impact on the development of novel kinds of solar …

Scalable Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Fibers for Electronic Textile Applications

MHC **, LJ Currano, VO Rojas… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a novel method to fabricate scalable photovoltaic fibers (PVFs) by
leveraging crystalline silicon (c‐Si) solar cell technology, known for its high‐power …

Light trap** efficiency comparison of Si solar cell textures using spectral photoluminescence

C Barugkin, T Allen, TK Chong, TP White, KJ Weber… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The band-to-band absorption enhancement due to various types of light trap** structures
is studied experimentally with photoluminescence (PL) on monocrystalline silicon wafers …

Feasibility analysis of photovoltaic systems for kiwifruit irrigation: A case study in Shaanxi province, China

H Zhao, D Zhu, M Ge, N Khudayberdi… - Irrigation and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Although photovoltaic (PV) irrigation systems are widely used in China, feasibility
assessment of these systems is important because of differences in the distribution …

Polyimide for silicon solar cells with double-sided textured pyramids

N Zin, K McIntosh, S Bakhshi… - Solar energy materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silicon solar cells incorporating double-sided pyramidal texture are capable of superior light
trap** over cells with front-side only texture. However, increased surface area, roughness …

Characterizing amorphous silicon, silicon nitride, and diffused layers in crystalline siliconsolarcellsusingmicro-photoluminescence spectroscopy

HT Nguyen, FE Rougieux, D Yan, Y Wan… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report and explain the photoluminescence (PL) spectra from crystalline silicon (c-Si)
wafers passivated by hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si: H) films under various …

Plastic Microgroove Solar Cells Using CuInSe2 Nanocrystals

DR Pernik, M Gutierrez, C Thomas, VR Voggu… - ACS Energy …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Plastic photovoltaic devices (PVs) were fabricated by spray-depositing copper indium
diselenide (CuInSe2) nanocrystals into micrometer-scale groove features patterned into …

[HTML][HTML] The use of electro-deoxidation in molten salts to reduce the energy consumption of solar grade silicon and increase the output of PV solar cells

PR Coxon, M Coto, E Juzeliunas, DJ Fray - Progress in Natural Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Solar photovoltaics, based upon silicon, are the most popular form of solar cell with
efficiencies around 20%. These efficiencies can be further increased by employing light …

Rounded rear pyramidal texture for high efficiency silicon solar cells

N Zin, K McIntosh, T Kho, E Franklin… - 2016 IEEE 43rd …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interdigitated back-contact (IBC) solar cells developed in the past two years have
efficiencies in the range 24.4%-25.6% As high as these efficiencies are, there are …