Silicon solar cells: toward the efficiency limits

LC Andreani, A Bozzola, P Kowalczewski… - … in physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic (PV) conversion of solar energy starts to give an appreciable contribution to
power generation in many countries, with more than 90% of the global PV market relying on …

Major strategies for improving the performance of perovskite solar cells

L Zhang, H Li, K Zhang, W Li, C Zuo, GO Odunmbaku… - IEnergy, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Metal halide perovskite solar cell (PSC) has successfully distinguished itself in
optoelectronic field by virtue of the sharp rise in power conversion efficiency over the past …

Enhancement of silicon-wafer solar cell efficiency with low-cost wrinkle antireflection coating of polydimethylsiloxane

Y Zhang, J Zheng, C Fang, Z Li, X Zhao, Y Li… - Solar energy materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
A low-cost antireflection (AR) coating of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with wrinkle surface
structure is demonstrated. The surface modulations with controllable amplitude and period …

Light trap** in thin-film solar cells with randomly rough and hybrid textures

P Kowalczewski, M Liscidini, LC Andreani - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We study light-trap** in thin-film silicon solar cells with rough interfaces. We consider solar
cells made of different materials (c-Si and μc-Si) to investigate the role of size and nature …

Disorder improves nanophotonic light trap** in thin-film solar cells

UW Paetzold, M Smeets, M Meier, K Bittkau… - Applied physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present a systematic experimental study on the impact of disorder in advanced
nanophotonic light-trap** concepts of thin-film solar cells. Thin-film solar cells made of …

Effect of 1-D silver grated electrode on wafer‐based TOPCon c-Si solar cell

M Verma, GP Mishra - Silicon, 2022 - Springer
A modified structure of Anti reflection coating (ARC) less wafer based 200 μm thick c-Si
Solar cell with tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar cell is proposed with 1 …

Design rules for net absorption enhancement in pseudo-disordered photonic crystal for thin film solar cells

H Ding, L Lalouat, B Gonzalez-Acevedo… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
The role of pseudo-disordered photonic crystals on the absorption efficiency of simplified
thin film crystalline silicon solar cells is presented and discussed. The expected short circuit …

Mismatched front and back gratings for optimum light trap** in ultra-thin crystalline silicon solar cells

WC Hsu, JK Tong, MS Branham, Y Huang, S Yerci… - Optics …, 2016 - Elsevier
The implementation of a front and back grating in ultra-thin photovoltaic cells is a promising
approach towards improving light trap**. A simple design rule was developed using the …

Highly efficient SiO2 trapezoidal grating-based thin-film solar cell

AMA Aly, M Hussein, A Yahia, MFO Hameed… - Journal of the Optical …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A crystalline silicon thin-film solar cell (c-Si TFSC) with a trapezoidal grating is newly
introduced and analyzed. The three-dimensional (3D) finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) …

Broadband absorption enhancement in modified grating thin-film solar cell

MH Muhammad, MFO Hameed… - IEEE Photonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel design of a highly efficient modified grating thin-film solar cell (SC) is reported and
analyzed using a 3-D finite difference time domain (3-D FDTD) method. The modified grating …