Research and development efforts on texturization to reduce the optical losses at front surface of silicon solar cell

MF Abdullah, MA Alghoul, H Naser, N Asim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Silicon wafer-based solar cell contributes to about 92% of the total production of photovoltaic
cells. An average of 30% of the incident light is lost via reflection from the front surface of the …

Comprehensive review on thin film homojunction solar cells: technologies, progress and challenges

OM Saif, Y Elogail, TM Abdolkader, A Shaker, A Zekry… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the aim of achieving high efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reliability of solar cells,
several technologies have been studied. Recently, emerging materials have appeared to …

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 …

Optimized spatial correlations for broadband light trap** nanopatterns in high efficiency ultrathin film a-Si: H solar cells

VE Ferry, MA Verschuuren, MC Lare, REI Schropp… - Nano …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Nanophotonic structures have attracted attention for light trap** in solar cells with the
potential to manage and direct light absorption on the nanoscale. While both randomly …

Modeling light trap** in nanostructured solar cells

VE Ferry, A Polman, HA Atwater - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
The integration of nanophotonic and plasmonic structures with solar cells offers the ability to
control and confine light in nanoscale dimensions. These nanostructures can be used to …

[PDF][PDF] High-efficiency amorphous silicon solar cell on a periodic nanocone back reflector

CM Hsu, C Battaglia, C Pahud, Z Ruan, FJ Haug, S Fan… - 2012 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Adv. Energy Mater. 2012, 2, 628–633 the Ag back reflector exhibited the desired
characteristic pillar, dome, or cone shape. After silver and ZnO deposition, the nanopillars …

Relationship between the cell thickness and the optimum period of textured back reflectors in thin-film microcrystalline silicon solar cells

H Sai, K Saito, N Hozuki, M Kondo - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Periodically textured back reflectors with hexagonal dimple arrays are applied to thin-film
microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si: H) solar cells. When the textures have a moderate aspect …

Geometric light trap** for high efficiency thin film silicon solar cells

J Escarre, K Söderström, M Despeisse… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2012 - Elsevier
The imprinting of random square based pyramidal textures with micrometric scale at the
air/glass interface of thin film silicon solar cells is presented as an efficient alternative to anti …

Dynamic smart window over the entire solar spectrum using a dry deposited device for sustainable architecture

S Choi, J Kim, CS Lee - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2024 - Elsevier
We developed a dynamic smart window capable of demonstrating transparent, black, and
mirror modes across the entire solar spectrum. We demonstrated that the surface-roughness …

Photon recycling in perovskite solar cells and its impact on device design

W Raja, M De Bastiani, TG Allen, E Aydin, A Razzaq… - …, 2021 - degruyter.com
Metal halide perovskites have emerged in recent years as promising photovoltaic materials
due to their excellent optical and electrical properties, enabling perovskite solar cells (PSCs) …