Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings
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Summary: | Funding Information: This work received funding from the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.) under the projects TACIT (PTDC/NAN‐OPT/28837/2017) and FlexSolar (PTDC/CTM‐REF/1008/2020). The authors also acknowledge the support of the H2020 Solar‐ERANET program, which funded the development of the IBC cells within the framework of the BOBTANDEM project. M.A. and J.B. acknowledge funding by FCT‐MCTES through the grant BD/14557/2022. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Advanced Optical Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatingscrystalline silicon solar cellslight managementphotonic nanostructured coatingsphotovoltaicsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyFunding Information: This work received funding from the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.) under the projects TACIT (PTDC/NAN‐OPT/28837/2017) and FlexSolar (PTDC/CTM‐REF/1008/2020). The authors also acknowledge the support of the H2020 Solar‐ERANET program, which funded the development of the IBC cells within the framework of the BOBTANDEM project. M.A. and J.B. acknowledge funding by FCT‐MCTES through the grant BD/14557/2022. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Advanced Optical Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.Advanced light management via front-coated photonic nanostructures is a promising strategy to enhance photovoltaic (PV) efficiency through wave-optical light-trapping (LT) effects, avoiding the conventional texturing processes that induce the degradation of electrical performance due to increased carrier recombination. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) honeycomb arrays with different geometry are engineered through a highly-scalable colloidal lithography method on flat crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafers and tested on standard planar c-Si interdigitated back-contact solar cells (pIBCSCs). The photonic-structured wafers achieve an optical photocurrent of 36.6 mA cm−2, mainly due to a broad anti-reflection effect from the 693 nm thick nanostructured coatings. In contrast, the pIBCSC test devices reach 14% efficiency with 679 nm thick TiO2 nanostructures, corresponding to a ≈30% efficiency gain relative to uncoated pIBCSCs. In addition, several designed structures show unmatched angular acceptance enhancements in efficiency (up to 63% gain) and photocurrent density (up to 68% gain). The high-performing (yet electrically harmless) LT scheme, here presented, entails an up-and-coming alternative to conventional texturing for c-Si technological improvement that can be straightforwardly integrated into the established PV industry.DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos MateriaisCENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas TecnologiasRUNSantos, Ivan M.Alexandre, MiguelMihailetchi, Valentin D.Silva, José A.Mateus, TiagoMouquinho, AnaBoane, JennyVicente, António T.Nunes, DanielaMenda, Ugur D.Águas, HugoFortunato, ElviraMartins, RodrigoMendes, Manuel J.2023-07-06T22:15:42Z2023-08-072023-08-07T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article11application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/154924eng2195-1071PURE: 65369584https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202300276info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T18:12:40Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/154924Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:42:56.424772Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings Santos, Ivan M. crystalline silicon solar cells light management photonic nanostructured coatings photovoltaics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings |
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Optically-Boosted Planar IBC Solar Cells with Electrically-Harmless Photonic Nanocoatings |
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Santos, Ivan M. |
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Santos, Ivan M. Alexandre, Miguel Mihailetchi, Valentin D. Silva, José A. Mateus, Tiago Mouquinho, Ana Boane, Jenny Vicente, António T. Nunes, Daniela Menda, Ugur D. Águas, Hugo Fortunato, Elvira Martins, Rodrigo Mendes, Manuel J. |
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Alexandre, Miguel Mihailetchi, Valentin D. Silva, José A. Mateus, Tiago Mouquinho, Ana Boane, Jenny Vicente, António T. Nunes, Daniela Menda, Ugur D. Águas, Hugo Fortunato, Elvira Martins, Rodrigo Mendes, Manuel J. |
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DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N) UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias RUN |
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Santos, Ivan M. Alexandre, Miguel Mihailetchi, Valentin D. Silva, José A. Mateus, Tiago Mouquinho, Ana Boane, Jenny Vicente, António T. Nunes, Daniela Menda, Ugur D. Águas, Hugo Fortunato, Elvira Martins, Rodrigo Mendes, Manuel J. |
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crystalline silicon solar cells light management photonic nanostructured coatings photovoltaics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy |
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crystalline silicon solar cells light management photonic nanostructured coatings photovoltaics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy |
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Funding Information: This work received funding from the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.) under the projects TACIT (PTDC/NAN‐OPT/28837/2017) and FlexSolar (PTDC/CTM‐REF/1008/2020). The authors also acknowledge the support of the H2020 Solar‐ERANET program, which funded the development of the IBC cells within the framework of the BOBTANDEM project. M.A. and J.B. acknowledge funding by FCT‐MCTES through the grant BD/14557/2022. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Advanced Optical Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. |
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