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Light Trapping: Light Trapping in Ultrathin Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells (Adv. Energy Mater. 11/2013)
Author(s) -
Yu Ki Jun,
Gao Li,
Park Jae Suk,
Lee Yu Ri,
Corcoran Christopher J.,
Nuzzo Ralph G.,
Chanda Debashis,
Rogers John A.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201370046
Subject(s) - monocrystalline silicon , trapping , materials science , silicon , absorption (acoustics) , optoelectronics , yield (engineering) , energy conversion efficiency , plasmonic solar cell , optics , physics , ecology , metallurgy , composite material , biology
On page 1401 , Debashis Chanda, John A. Rogers, and co‐workers report ultrathin (3 μm) singlecrystalline silicon solar cells with electromagnetically optimized light‐trapping schemes that offer greatly enhanced absorption and corresponding improvements in efficiency of cell performance. Optically optimized cells of this type yield energy conversion efficiencies that are ≈190% higher compared to otherwise identical cells that do not exploit light trapping features, and an efficiency of 8.5% is recorded in this ultrathin film geometry