Recent progress in materials and device design for semitransparent photovoltaic technologies

P Kumar, S You, A Vomiero - Advanced Energy Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Semitransparent photovoltaic (STPV) solar cells offer an immense opportunity to expand the
scope of photovoltaics to special applications such as windows, facades, skylights, and so …

Various types of anti-reflective coatings (ARCS) based on the layer composition and surface topography: a review

M Moayedfar, MK Assadi - Reviews on Advanced Materials Science, 2018 - degruyter.com
One of the crucial factors in improving optical device performance is decreasing reflection,
and enhancing light absorption or transmission from wide angles of incidence in a broad …

Full‐spectrum absorption enhancement in a‐Si: H thin‐film solar cell with a composite light‐trapping structure

H Li, Y Hu, H Wang, Q Tao, Y Zhu, Y Yang - Solar RRL, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film solar cells are favorable because of the reduced material and fabrication cost as
well as the advantage of mechanical flexibility. However, due to the reduced thickness of the …

Over 20% Efficient and Stable Non‐Fullerene‐Based Ternary Bulk‐Heterojunction Organic Solar Cell with WS2 Hole‐Transport Layer and Graded Refractive Index …

KS Ram, J Singh - Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The power conversion efficiency (PCE) of a ternary organic solar cell (TOSC) with an active
layer consisting of PBDB‐T‐2F and two non‐fullerene materials Y6 and SF (BR) 4 is …

Rapid fabrication of bio-inspired antireflection film replicating from cicada wings

Z Wang, B Li, X Feng, Z Jiao, J Zhang, S Niu… - Journal of Bionic …, 2020 - Springer
Inspired by cicada wings, a flexible film with self-cleaning and broadband antireflection
properties was fabricated with a rapid, straightforward and cost-effective method. The cicada …

Design and analysis of multilayer waveguides containing nanoparticles for solar cells

MM Shabat, DM El-Amassi, DM Schaadt - Solar Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
A novel waveguide structure containing nanoparticles with various substrate media has
been proposed to find out the transmission and reflections of the incident light on the …

Optical Optimization of Tandem Solar Cells: A Systematic Review for Enhanced Power Conversion

A Razi, A Safdar, R Irfan - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tandem solar cells (TSCs) perform a better adaptation of the incident photons in different-
energy-level bandgap materials, and overcome the Shockley–Queisser limit, but they …

Advanced antireflection for back-illuminated silicon photomultipliers to detect faint light

Y Tao, A Rajapakse, A Erickson - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Silicon photomultipliers have attracted increasing attention for detecting low-density light in
both scientific research and practical applications in recent years; yet the photon losses due …

Optimization of antireflective coatings with nanostructured TiO2 for GaAs solar cells

A Abu-Shamleh, H Alzubi, A Alajlouni - Photonics and Nanostructures …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work investigates the effect of titanium dioxide (TiO 2) nanostructures on the overall
optical performance of gallium arsenide (GaAs) solar cells. The optical properties of three …

Enhancing Performance of Ultraviolet C Photodetectors Through Single‐Domain Epitaxy of Monoclinic β‐Ga2O3 Films and Tailored Anti‐Reflection Coating

B Kim, S Kim, TH Lee, D Yang, D Lee, W Sohn… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Implementing high‐performance ultraviolet C photodetectors (UVC PDs) based on β‐Ga2O3
films is challenging owing to the anisotropic crystal symmetry between the epitaxial films and …