Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture

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Main Author: Mendes, Manuel J.
Publication Date: 2018
Other Authors: Haque, Sirazul, Sanchez-Sobrado, Olalla, Araújo, Andreia, Águas, Hugo, Fortunato, Elvira, Martins, Rodrigo
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/71013
Summary: Action FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF through the DIELECTRIC PV project (Grant 629370). Grant SFRH/BPD/115566/2016. Grant SFRH/BPD/114833/2016.
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spelling Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light CaptureAction FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF through the DIELECTRIC PV project (Grant 629370). Grant SFRH/BPD/115566/2016. Grant SFRH/BPD/114833/2016.Recent trends in photovoltaics demand ever-thin solar cells to allow deployment in consumer-oriented products requiring low-cost and mechanically flexible devices. For this, nanophotonic elements in the wave-optics regime are highly promising, as they capture and trap light in the cells' absorber, enabling its thickness reduction while improving its efficiency. Here, novel wavelength-sized photonic structures were computationally optimized toward maximum broadband light absorption. Thin-film silicon cells were the test bed to determine the best performing parameters and study their optical effects. Pronounced photocurrent enhancements, up to 37%, 27%, and 48%, respectively, in ultra-thin (100- and 300-nm-thick) amorphous, and thin (1.5-mm) crystalline silicon cells are demonstrated with honeycomb arrays of semi-spheroidal dome or void-like elements patterned on the cells' front. Also importantly, key advantages in the electrical performance are anticipated, since the photonic nano/micro-nanostructures do not increase the cell roughness, therefore not contributing to recombination, which is a crucial drawback in state-of-the-art light-trapping approaches.DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos MateriaisCENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas TecnologiasRUNMendes, Manuel J.Haque, SirazulSanchez-Sobrado, OlallaAraújo, AndreiaÁguas, HugoFortunato, ElviraMartins, Rodrigo2019-05-27T22:12:09Z2018-05-252018-05-25T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/71013eng2589-0042PURE: 13340753https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2018.04.018info: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:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:39:48Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/71013Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:10:55.968062Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
title Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
spellingShingle Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
Mendes, Manuel J.
title_short Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
title_full Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
title_fullStr Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
title_full_unstemmed Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
title_sort Optimal-Enhanced Solar Cell Ultra-thinning with Broadband Nanophotonic Light Capture
author Mendes, Manuel J.
author_facet Mendes, Manuel J.
Haque, Sirazul
Sanchez-Sobrado, Olalla
Araújo, Andreia
Águas, Hugo
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
author_role author
author2 Haque, Sirazul
Sanchez-Sobrado, Olalla
Araújo, Andreia
Águas, Hugo
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
author2_role author
author
author
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CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)
UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mendes, Manuel J.
Haque, Sirazul
Sanchez-Sobrado, Olalla
Araújo, Andreia
Águas, Hugo
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
description Action FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF through the DIELECTRIC PV project (Grant 629370). Grant SFRH/BPD/115566/2016. Grant SFRH/BPD/114833/2016.
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