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Toward Perfect Light Trapping in Thin‐Film Photovoltaic Cells: Full Utilization of the Dual Characteristics of Light
Author(s) -
Cho Changsoon,
Jeong Seonju,
Choi HwanJin,
Shin Nara,
Kim BongSoo,
Jeon Eunchae,
Lee JungYong
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced optical materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 91
ISSN - 2195-1071
DOI - 10.1002/adom.201500471
Subject(s) - materials science , photovoltaic system , optoelectronics , nonimaging optics , groove (engineering) , dual (grammatical number) , power (physics) , absorption (acoustics) , energy conversion efficiency , service (business) , computer science , nanotechnology , engineering physics , electrical engineering , physics , business , art , literature , quantum mechanics , metallurgy , composite material , engineering , marketing
A novel light trapping configuration called a compound parabolic trapper (CPT) is proposed. A CPT integrated with a V‐groove textured surface increases the power conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells from 9.38% to 10.4%. A multiscale system applying the integrated schemes to a nanopatterned plasmonic PV improves it further to 10.8%, achieving almost black absorption of 94.1%.
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