Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C

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Main Author: Centeno, Pedro
Publication Date: 2020
Other Authors: Alexandre, Miguel F., Chapa, Manuel, Pinto, Joana V., Deuermeier, Jonas, Mateus, Tiago, Fortunato, Elvira, Martins, Rodrigo, Águas, Hugo, Mendes, Manuel J.
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Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/118625
Summary: Foundation for Science and Technology. Grant Number: UID/CTM/50025/2019 SuperSolar. Grant Number: PTDC/NAN-OPT/28430/2017 TACIT. Grant Number: PTDC/NAN-OPT/28837/2017 LocalEnergy. Grant Number: PTDC/EAM-PEC/29905/2017 FCT. Grant Number: SFRH/BD/148078/2019
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spelling Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-Ccolloidal-lithographylight managementphotovoltaicsself-cleaningsuperhydrophobicityMechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringFoundation for Science and Technology. Grant Number: UID/CTM/50025/2019 SuperSolar. Grant Number: PTDC/NAN-OPT/28430/2017 TACIT. Grant Number: PTDC/NAN-OPT/28837/2017 LocalEnergy. Grant Number: PTDC/EAM-PEC/29905/2017 FCT. Grant Number: SFRH/BD/148078/2019Photonic front-coatings with self-cleaning properties are presented as means to enhance the efficiency and outdoor performance of thin-film solar cells, via optical enhancement while simultaneously minimizing soiling-related losses. This is achieved by structuring parylene-C transparent encapsulants using a low-cost and highly-scalable colloidal-lithography methodology. As a result, superhydrophobic surfaces with broadband light-trapping properties are developed. The optimized parylene coatings show remarkably high water contact angles of up to 165.6° and extremely low adhesion, allowing effective surface self-cleaning. The controlled nano/micro-structuring of the surface features also generates strong anti-reflection and light scattering effects, corroborated by numeric electromagnetic modeling, which lead to pronounced photocurrent enhancement along the UV–vis–IR range. The impact of these photonic-structured encapsulants is demonstrated on nanocrystalline silicon solar cells, that show short-circuit current density gains of up to 23.6%, relative to planar reference cells. Furthermore, the improvement of the devices' angular response enables an enhancement of up to 35.2% in the average daily power generation.DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos MateriaisCENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas TecnologiasRUNCenteno, PedroAlexandre, Miguel F.Chapa, ManuelPinto, Joana V.Deuermeier, JonasMateus, TiagoFortunato, ElviraMartins, RodrigoÁguas, HugoMendes, Manuel J.2022-03-31T00:31:40Z2020-08-012020-08-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/118625eng2196-7350PURE: 18121115https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202000264info: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:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:53:35Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/118625Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:24:48.632752Repositórios 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 Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
title Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
spellingShingle Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
Centeno, Pedro
colloidal-lithography
light management
photovoltaics
self-cleaning
superhydrophobicity
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
title_short Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
title_full Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
title_fullStr Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
title_full_unstemmed Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
title_sort Self-Cleaned Photonic-Enhanced Solar Cells with Nanostructured Parylene-C
author Centeno, Pedro
author_facet Centeno, Pedro
Alexandre, Miguel F.
Chapa, Manuel
Pinto, Joana V.
Deuermeier, Jonas
Mateus, Tiago
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
Águas, Hugo
Mendes, Manuel J.
author_role author
author2 Alexandre, Miguel F.
Chapa, Manuel
Pinto, Joana V.
Deuermeier, Jonas
Mateus, Tiago
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
Águas, Hugo
Mendes, Manuel J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais
CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)
UNINOVA-Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Centeno, Pedro
Alexandre, Miguel F.
Chapa, Manuel
Pinto, Joana V.
Deuermeier, Jonas
Mateus, Tiago
Fortunato, Elvira
Martins, Rodrigo
Águas, Hugo
Mendes, Manuel J.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv colloidal-lithography
light management
photovoltaics
self-cleaning
superhydrophobicity
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
topic colloidal-lithography
light management
photovoltaics
self-cleaning
superhydrophobicity
Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
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