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Silicon Solar Cells: 15.7% Efficient 10‐μm‐Thick Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using Periodic Nanostructures (Adv. Mater. 13/2015)
Author(s) -
Branham Matthew S.,
Hsu WeiChun,
Yerci Selcuk,
Loomis James,
Boriskina Svetlana V.,
Hoard Brittany R.,
Han Sang Eon,
Chen Gang
Publication year - 2015
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.201570092
Subject(s) - materials science , crystalline silicon , silicon , photovoltaics , energy conversion efficiency , optoelectronics , photonic crystal , monocrystalline silicon , polymer solar cell , quantum dot solar cell , nanotechnology , photovoltaic system , ecology , biology
Crystalline silicon solar cells, only 10 μm thick, with a peak conversion efficiency of 15.7% are reported by G. Chen and co‐workers on page 2182. Efficient crystalline silicon photovoltaics of such thinness are enabled by an advanced light‐trapping design incorporating a two‐dimensional inverted pyramid photonic crystal.