Progress and prospects for ultrathin solar cells

I Massiot, A Cattoni, S Collin - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrathin solar cells with thicknesses at least 10 times lower than conventional solar cells
could have the unique potential to efficiently convert solar energy into electricity while …

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 …

Ultrathin epitaxial silicon solar cells with inverted nanopyramid arrays for efficient light trapping

A Gaucher, A Cattoni, C Dupuis, W Chen, R Cariou… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ultrathin c-Si solar cells have the potential to drastically reduce costs by saving raw material
while maintaining good efficiencies thanks to the excellent quality of monocrystalline silicon …

Influence of the structural differences between end-of-life Al-BSF and PERC modules on the Al leaching separation behavior

Y Yu, S Li, F Xi, H Lan, D Wu, Z Chen, W Ma, R Deng - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The booming global photovoltaic industry is bringing a large number of end-of-life
photovoltaic (PV) modules. Achieving effective and green recovery of end-of-life PV modules …

All silicon MIR super absorber using fractal metasurfaces

AM Ali, ARM Ghanim, M Othman, MA Swillam - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Perfect absorbers can be used in photodetectors, thermal imaging, microbolometers, and
thermal photovoltaic solar energy conversions. The spectrum of Mid-infrared (MIR) …

Thin silicon interference solar cells for targeted or broadband wavelength absorption enhancement

Z Durmaz, S Husein, R Saive - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present the concept of interference solar cells reliant on spectrum filtering or splitting to
enhance absorption in thin (< 13 µm) silicon absorber layers, both for targeted wavelengths …

From Rigid to Flexible: Progress, Challenges and Prospects of Thin c‐Si Solar Energy Devices

B Gupta, KH Min, Y Lee, J Tournet… - Advanced Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing adoption of solar energy as a renewable power source marks a significant
shift toward clean, sustainable alternatives to conventional energy forms. A notable …

Fully Bottom‐Up Waste‐Free Growth of Ultrathin Silicon Wafer via Self‐Releasing Seed Layer

JE Hong, Y Lee, SI Mo, HS Jeong, JH An… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The fabrication of ultrathin silicon wafers at low cost is crucial for advancing silicon
electronics toward stretchability and flexibility. However, conventional fabrication techniques …

Low temperature plasma enhanced CVD epitaxial growth of silicon on GaAs: a new paradigm for III-V/Si integration

R Cariou, W Chen, JL Maurice, J Yu, G Patriarche… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
The integration of III-V semiconductors with silicon is a key issue for photonics,
microelectronics and photovoltaics. With the standard approach, namely the epitaxial growth …

Controlled cracking for large-area thin film exfoliation: working principles, status, and prospects

Y Lee, HH Tan, C Jagadish… - ACS Applied Electronic …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The production of flexible monocrystalline semiconductor thin films less than a few tens of
micrometers in thickness is currently receiving huge interest in various emerging …