Photonic light-trapping versus Lambertian limits in thin film silicon solar cells with 1D and 2D periodic patterns

Extended light scattering model incorporating coherence for thin-film silicon solar cells

(2011) Thomas Lanz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Optical enhancement and losses of pyramid textured thin-film silicon solar cells

(2011) Rahul Dewan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Comparison of periodic light-trapping structures in thin crystalline silicon solar cells

(2011) Jo Gjessing et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Influence of front and back grating on light trapping in microcrystalline thin-film silicon solar cells

(2011) Darin Madzharov et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Embedded biomimetic nanostructures for enhanced optical absorption in thin-film solar cells

(2011) Min-An Tsai et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Upper limits to absorption enhancement in thick solar cells using diffraction gratings

(2011) A. Mellor et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Dielectric gratings for wide-angle, broadband absorption by thin film photovoltaic cells

(2010) R. Esteban et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Large Integrated Absorption Enhancement in Plasmonic Solar Cells by Combining Metallic Gratings and Antireflection Coatings

(2010) Jeremy N. Munday et al.   NANO LETTERS

Plasmonics for improved photovoltaic devices

(2010) Harry A. Atwater et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A light-trapping structure based on Bi_2O_3 nano-islands with highly crystallized sputtered silicon for thin-film solar cells

(2010) Qiang Hu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Electro – optical simulation of diffraction in solar cells

(2010) Marius Peters et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Enhanced light trapping in thin-film solar cells by a directionally selective filter

(2010) Carolin Ulbrich et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Light trapping regimes in thin-film silicon solar cells with a photonic pattern

(2010) Simone Zanotto et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Absorbing one-dimensional planar photonic crystal for amorphous silicon solar cell

(2010) Ounsi El Daif et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Understanding of photocurrent enhancement in real thin film solar cells: towards optimal one-dimensional gratings

(2010) Ali Naqavi et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Fundamental limit of nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

(2010) Zongfu Yu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Absorbing photonic crystals for silicon thin-film solar cells: Design, fabrication and experimental investigation

(2010) Xianqin Meng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Enhanced quantum efficiency of Ge solar cells by a two-dimensional photonic crystal nanostructured surface

(2009) I. Prieto et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells with integrated diffraction grating

(2009) Rahul Dewan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Absorption enhancement using photonic crystals for silicon thin film solar cells

(2009) Yeonsang Park et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Demonstration of enhanced absorption in thin film Si solar cells with textured photonic crystal back reflector

(2008) L. Zeng et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Photonic crystal enhanced light-trapping in thin film solar cells

(2008) Dayu Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Optical Absorption Enhancement in Amorphous Silicon Nanowire and Nanocone Arrays

(2008) Jia Zhu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Plasmonic solar cells

(2008) K. R. Catchpole et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Thin film solar cell design based on photonic crystal and diffractive grating structures

(2008) James G. Mutitu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Enhanced light trapping based on guided mode resonance effect for thin-film silicon solar cells with two filling-factor gratings

(2008) Yun-Chih Lee et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Employing dielectric diffractive structures in solar cells - a numerical study

(2008) Matthias Kroll et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Scattering-matrix analysis of periodically patterned multilayers with asymmetric unit cells and birefringent media

(2008) Marco Liscidini et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B