Broadband optical absorption by tunable Mie resonances in silicon nanocone arrays

ZY Wang, RJ Zhang, SY Wang, M Lu, X Chen… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Nanostructure arrays such as nanowire, nanopillar and nanocone arrays have been
proposed to be promising antireflection structures for photovoltaic applications due to their …

Broadband absorption enhancement in randomly positioned silicon nanowire arrays for solar cell applications

QG Du, CH Kam, HV Demir, HY Yu, XW Sun - Optics Letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, the optical properties of randomly positioned silicon nanowire arrays are
studied. The result shows that position randomization with a filling ratio larger than 36 …

Enhanced absorption in silicon nanocone arrays for photovoltaics

B Wang, PW Leu - Nanotechnology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Silicon nanowire arrays have been shown to demonstrate light trapping properties and
promising potential for next-generation photovoltaics. In this paper, we performed systematic …

The effect of dopant on light trapping characteristics in random silicon nanowires for solar cell applications

V Kashyap, C Kumar, V Kumar, N Chaudhary… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Light management is a fundamental study to improve the solar cell and photoelectrical
devices conversion efficiency. Here, the spectral responses of reflection and absorption …

Enhanced optical absorption in nanopatterned silicon thin films with a nano-cone-hole structure for photovoltaic applications

QG Du, CH Kam, HV Demir, HY Yu, XW Sun - Optics letters, 2011 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, the optical properties of the silicon nano-cone-hole (NCH) structure array are
studied. The ultimate efficiency of the optimized NCH array is enhanced by 23.11 …

Realization of effective light trapping and omnidirectional antireflection in smooth surface silicon nanowire arrays

WQ Xie, JI Oh, WZ Shen - Nanotechnology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have successfully fabricated well-ordered silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays of smooth
surface by using a low-cost and facile Ag-assisted chemical etching technique. We have …

Optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanowire arrays with a large lattice constant for photovoltaic applications

C Lin, ML Povinelli - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we use the transfer matrix method to calculate the optical absorptance of
vertically-aligned silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays. For fixed filling ratio, significant optical …

Mie resonance-enhanced light absorption in periodic silicon nanopillar arrays

FJ Bezares, JP Long, OJ Glembocki, J Guo… - Optics …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Mie-resonances in vertical, small aspect-ratio and subwavelength silicon nanopillars are
investigated using visible bright-field µ-reflection measurements and Raman scattering …

Optical absorption of several nanostructures arrays for silicon solar cells

Z Xu, H Qiao, H Huangfu, X Li, J Guo, H Wang - Optics Communications, 2015 - Elsevier
To improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of solar cells, it's important to enhance the light
absorption. Within the visible solar spectrum based on optimization simulations by COMSOL …

Optical assessment of silicon nanowire arrays fabricated by metal-assisted chemical etching

S Kato, Y Kurokawa, Y Watanabe, Y Yamada… - Nanoscale research …, 2013 - Springer
Silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays were prepared on silicon substrates by metal-assisted
chemical etching and peeled from the substrates, and their optical properties were …