Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

A new crystalline silicon solar cell with Si nanocone arrays on the top and Al
nanohemisphere arrays on bottom surface were proposed. The light-trapping ability were …

We report on an investigation into the light trapping efficiency for structures of thin film silicon
solar cells, with silver nanoparticle arrays at both front and rear surfaces of the cells. The …

Surface plasmon polariton (SPP) waveguide-coupled back reflector geometry is proposed
for efficient light trapping and broadband absorption enhancement in thin-film silicon solar …

Compared to crystalline silicon solar cells, thin-film solar cells are inexpensive, but a weak
absorption of sunlight at a longer wavelength is a significant issue. In this perspective, an …

We report on a surface design of thin film silicon solar cells based on silver nanoparticle
arrays and blazed grating arrays. The light transmittance is increased at the front surface of …

For thin film solar cells, a back reflector is required to enhance conversion efficiency by
reflecting the unabsorbed light back into the absorber layers. The most widely used back …

A design for a highly efficient modified grating crystalline silicon (c-Si) thin film solar cell is
demonstrated and analyzed using the two-dimensional (2-D) finite element method. The …

In this work, ultrathin silicon solar cell design employed with the aid of periodic silver (Ag)
nanoparticles substituted on an aluminium (Al) grating to improve the optical performance by …

Random textures have proven to be a better option for light localization and energy
harvesting in solar cells. On the other hand, plasmonic structures are significant in localizing …