Nanostructures for light trapping 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 …

Rational design of nanowire solar cells: from single nanowire to nanowire arrays

W Chen, PR i Cabarrocas - Nanotechnology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we report several rational designs of nanowire-based solar cells from single
nanowire to nanowire arrays. Two methods of nanowires fabrication: via'top …

Comparing impact of multi-factor planning layouts in residential areas on summer thermal comfort based on orthogonal design of experiments (ODOE)

S Yang, D Zhou, Y Wang, P Li - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The previous studies of outdoor thermal comfort mainly focused on the micro-climate
changes caused by urban morphological factors such as street aspect ratio, plot ratio, sky …

[HTML][HTML] High symmetry nano-photonic quasi-crystals providing novel light management in silicon solar cells

TM Mercier, T Rahman, C Krishnan, E Khorani… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Reduction of surface reflection loss is crucial for high efficiency next generation Si solar
cells. Surface texturing provides a viable method to reduce loss over the full solar …

Design of wafer-scale uniform Au nanotip array by ion irradiation for enhanced single conductive filament resistive switching

W Li, X Song, X Zhao, X Zhang, R Chen, X Zhang… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Here, we report a simple and low-cost method to fabricate wafer-scale uniform and flexible
nanotip array substrates via ion irradiation and replica-molding process. The diameter of the …

Subwavelength nonimaging light concentrators for the harvesting of the solar radiation

G Marko, A Prajapati, G Shalev - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Light trapping and the broadband absorption of the solar radiation is of interest to various
solar energy harvesting applications. In the current work, we report a new paradigm for light …

A flower-inspired divergent light-trapping structure with quasi-spherical symmetry towards a high-performance flexible photodetector

S Liu, J Tian, S Wu, X Jia, M Luo, W Zhang - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has received widespread attention in recent years due to its
exciting properties. However, the practical applications of MoS2 in optoelectronic devices …

Management of Light Absorption Based on Sidewall Reflection for Fabricating High-Performance Flexible Nano-Coned Sb2Se3 Thin Film Photovoltaics

S Zhang, C Chen, Y Cao, X Meng, R Hu… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
High performance and robustness are the key factors to boosting wearable and portable
applications. Although the 1D crystal structure makes the Sb2Se3 thin film more tolerant to …

Near‐Field Optical Excitations in Silicon Subwavelength Light Funnel Arrays for Broadband Absorption of the Solar Radiation

A Chauhan, A Prajapati, C Calaza, H Fonseca… - Solar …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Broadband absorption is pivotal for the realization of green energy based on solar energy.
Decoration of photovoltaic cells with arrays of subwavelength formations provides an …

The impact of SnMnO2 TCO and Cu2O as a hole transport layer on CIGSSe solar cell performance improvement

R Kumar, A Kumar, R Pushkar… - Journal of Computational …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, two experimental CIGSSe thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) are simulated and
demonstrate high efficiency of 20 and 22.92%. The photovoltaic results of both devices are …