Black-silicon-assisted photovoltaic cells for better conversion efficiencies: a review on recent research and development efforts

JYH Chai, BT Wong, S Juodkazis - Materials Today Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, the fabrication methods of black silicon (b-Si), application and performance of
b-Si in photovoltaics, and the theoretical modelling efforts in b-Si-based photovoltaic cells …

Comparison between one-dimensional and three-dimensional optical modelling of ordered black silicon nanostructures using effective medium approach

JYH Chai, BT Wong, S Juodkazis - Solid State Phenomena, 2022 - Trans Tech Publ
The aim of this study is to determine whether the effective medium approach (EMA) is
suitable to model black silicon structures. The present study focuses on comparing EMA …

An Opto-Electro-Thermal Model for Black-Silicon Assisted Photovoltaic Cells in Thermophotovoltaic Applications

JYH Chai, BT Wong, J Sunarso - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Black silicon (b-Si)-assisted photovoltaic cells have textured b-Si surfaces, which have
excellent light-trap** properties. There has been a limited amount of work performed on …

A theoretical study on the properties of submicron b-Si nanostructures for improved absorption in b-Si thermophotovoltaic cells

JYH Chai, BT Wong, S Juodkazis - … on Renewable Energy and E-mobility, 2022 - Springer
Black silicon (b-Si) is a nanostructured surface modification with excellent optical properties
and is an attractive candidate for optoelectronic applications. In this work, a preliminary …

Study of Black-Silicon Thermophotovoltaics for Waste-Heat-to-Electricity Harnessing via Novel Fundamental Modeling

JYH Chai - 2023 - figshare.swinburne.edu.au
In this research, simulation studies have been done to study the use of photovoltaic cells in
thermophotovoltaic applications. In simple terms, thermophotovoltaic devices convert light …

Multiphysics simulations for robust computational modelling of stochastic nanostructures

J Tyson, T Rahman, S Boden - 2019 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
This work explores the implications of random and non-linear nanostructures on
electromagnetic wave propagation, within a multiphysics simulation environment …

[PDF][PDF] Ray Tracing Derived from Wave-based Optics for Nanoscale Light Propagation Studies: A Theoretical Overview

JJ Tyson, T Rahman, SA Boden - comsol.fr
RESULTS: In order to quantify light propagation direction, we first applied a streamline
graph indicative of the average power direction from the incident wave. CONCLUSIONS …