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Design and Non‐Lithographic Fabrication of Light Trapping Structures for Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells
Author(s) -
Sheng Xing,
Liu Jifeng,
Kozinsky Inna,
Agarwal Anuradha M.,
Michel Jurgen,
Kimerling Lionel C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201003217
Subject(s) - materials science , fabrication , silicon , lithography , optoelectronics , trapping , thin film , thin film solar cell , solar cell , absorption (acoustics) , nanotechnology , porous silicon , composite material , medicine , ecology , alternative medicine , pathology , biology
A self‐assembled light trapping structure is numerically designed on the backside of thin film silicon solar cells and fabricated by using porous alumina as a template. We demonstrate this structure can effectively increase the optical absorption and thus improve the solar cell performances.