Silicon solar cells: toward the efficiency limits

LC Andreani, A Bozzola, P Kowalczewski… - … in Physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic (PV) conversion of solar energy starts to give an appreciable contribution to
power generation in many countries, with more than 90% of the global PV market relying on …

Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics

F Priolo, T Gregorkiewicz, M Galli, TF Krauss - Nature nanotechnology, 2014 - nature.com
Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

Novel fractal-textured solar absorber surfaces for concentrated solar power

K Kant, KP Sibin, R Pitchumani - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2022 - Elsevier
The solar absorptance of a thermal receiver surface significantly affects the photothermal
conversion efficiency of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The development of low …

Light trapping textures designed by electromagnetic optimization for subwavelength thick solar cells

V Ganapati, OD Miller… - IEEE Journal of …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Light trapping in solar cells allows for increased current and voltage, as well as reduced
materials cost. It is known that in geometrical optics, a maximum 4 n 2 absorption …

Controlling disorder in self-assembled colloidal monolayers via evaporative processes

L Roach, A Hereu, P Lalanne, E Duguet… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Monolayers of assembled nano-objects with a controlled degree of disorder hold interest in
many optical applications, including photovoltaics, light emission, sensing, and structural …

Colloidal plasmonic back reflectors for light trapping in solar cells

MJ Mendes, S Morawiec, F Simone, F Priolo, I Crupi - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A novel type of plasmonic light trapping structure is presented in this paper, composed of
metal nanoparticles synthesized in colloidal solution and self-assembled in uniform long …

Complex photonic structures for light harvesting

M Burresi, F Pratesi, F Riboli… - Advanced optical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, micro‐and nanophotonics have roused a strong interest in the
scientific community for their promising impact on the development of novel kinds of solar …

Cementitious materials as promising radiative coolers for solar cells

M Cagnoni, A Tibaldi, JS Dolado, F Cappelluti - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Nowadays, radiative coolers are extensively investigated for the thermal management of
solar cells with the aim of improving their performance and lifetime. Current solutions rely on …

Enhanced photon management in silicon thin film solar cells with different front and back interface texture

A Tamang, A Hongsingthong, V Jovanov… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Light trapping and photon management of silicon thin film solar cells can be improved by a
separate optimization of the front and back contact textures. A separate optimization of the …

Light trapping in thin film crystalline silicon solar cells using multi-scale photonic topological insulators

MA Shameli, L Yousefi - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new method is proposed to trap sunlight in the active layer of thin film solar
cells. In the proposed technique, multi-scale photonic topological insulators (PTI) realized by …