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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Photon-trap** microstructures enable high-speed high-efficiency silicon photodiodes

Y Gao, H Cansizoglu, KG Polat, S Ghandiparsi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
High-speed, high-efficiency photodetectors play an important role in optical communication
links that are increasingly being used in data centres to handle higher volumes of data traffic …

Fundamental limit of light trap** in grating structures

Z Yu, A Raman, S Fan - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We use a rigorous electromagnetic approach to analyze the fundamental limit of light-
trap** enhancement in grating structures. This limit can exceed the bulk limit of 4n^ 2, but …

Light management in perovskite photovoltaic solar cells: A perspective

F Berry, R Mermet‐Lyaudoz… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light management is essential for metal‐halide perovskite solar cells to achieve record
performance. In this review, criteria on materials, processes, and photonic engineering are …

Nanostructure arrays in free-space: optical properties and applications

S Collin - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Dielectric and metallic gratings have been studied for more than a century. Nevertheless,
novel optical phenomena and fabrication techniques have emerged recently and have …

Bioinspired phase-separated disordered nanostructures for thin photovoltaic absorbers

RH Siddique, YJ Donie, G Gomard, S Yalamanchili… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The wings of the black butterfly, Pachliopta aristolochiae, are covered by micro-and
nanostructured scales that harvest sunlight over a wide spectral and angular range …

Optimal light trap** in ultra-thin photonic crystal crystalline silicon solar cells

SB Mallick, M Agrawal, P Peumans - Optics Express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
Crystalline silicon is an attractive photovoltaic material because of its natural abundance,
accumulated materials and process knowledge, and its appropriate band gap. To reduce …

Enhanced photothermal reduction of gaseous CO 2 over silicon photonic crystal supported ruthenium at ambient temperature

PG O'Brien, KK Ghuman, FM Ali, A Sandhel… - Energy & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Solar-driven CO2 hydrogenation can provide a renewable source of fuels and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions if operated at industrial scales. Herein we investigate the …