Resonant leaky modes in all-dielectric metasystems: Fundamentals and applications

L Huang, L Xu, DA Powell, WJ Padilla… - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
All-dielectric metamaterials and metasurfaces have been demonstrated as ideal platforms to
manipulate electromagnetic waves and enhance light–matter interaction. Analogous to …

Optically resonant dielectric nanostructures

AI Kuznetsov, AE Miroshnichenko, ML Brongersma… - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Nanoscale optics is usually associated with plasmonic structures made of
metals such as gold or silver. However, plasmonics suffers from high losses of metals …

Fabrication and application of nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide: a review

S Liu, J Tian, W Zhang - Nanotechnology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to the unique optical and electrochemical properties, large surface area, tunable
properties, and high thermal stability, nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) has …

Light management for photovoltaics using high-index nanostructures

ML Brongersma, Y Cui, S Fan - Nature materials, 2014 - nature.com
High-performance photovoltaic cells use semiconductors to convert sunlight into clean
electrical power, and transparent dielectrics or conductive oxides as antireflection coatings …

Photonic nanojets and their applications

A Darafsheh - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Dielectric microelements with circular symmetry have shown interesting optical properties:
photonic nanojets (PNJs) and whispering gallery modes (WGMs). They can confine light …

Enabling silicon for solar-fuel production

K Sun, S Shen, Y Liang, PE Burrows, SS Mao… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
After over 150 years of exploiting fossil fuels, nowadays humans are encountering two great
global problems: the increasingly serious environmental pollution and the expected …

Absorption enhancement in ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells with antireflection and light-trap** nanocone gratings

KX Wang, Z Yu, V Liu, Y Cui, S Fan - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
Enhancing the light absorption in ultrathin-film silicon solar cells is important for improving
efficiency and reducing cost. We introduce a double-sided grating design, where the front …

Nanostructures for light trap** in thin film solar cells

A Peter Amalathas, MM Alkaisi - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Thin film solar cells are one of the important candidates utilized to reduce the cost of
photovoltaic production by minimizing the usage of active materials. However, low light …

Light management with patterned micro‐and nanostructure arrays for photocatalysis, photovoltaics, and optoelectronic and optical devices

W Wang, L Qi - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The design and fabrication of patterned micro‐and nanostructure arrays have been
demonstrated to be a powerful strategy toward efficient light management, which is of vital …

Plasmonic enhanced solar cells: Summary of possible strategies and recent results

F Enrichi, A Quandt, GC Righini - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Plasmonic structures for light manipulation at sub-wavelength scale have received great
interest in the field of photovoltaic (PV) solar cells for their potential to significantly enhance …