Light trapping in thin silicon solar cells: A review on fundamentals and technologies

Visualizing light trapping within textured silicon solar cells

(2020) Salman Manzoor et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Corrigendum to “Free-standing 2.7 μm thick ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cell with efficiency above 12.0%” Nano Energy, volume 70, April 2020, 104466

(2020) Muyu Xue et al.   Nano Energy

Improving surface passivation on very thin substrates for high efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2020) Pradeep Balaji et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Photonics for Photovoltaics: Advances and Opportunities

(2020) Erik C. Garnett et al.   ACS Photonics

Thin silicon interference solar cells for targeted or broadband wavelength absorption enhancement

(2020) Zeynep Durmaz et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging and Microscopy and Their Biological Applications

(2019) Markéta Bocková et al.   Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry

Optical properties of a random inverted pyramid textured silicon surface studied by the ray tracing method

(2019) Quansheng Chen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

A 19.9%-efficient ultrathin solar cell based on a 205-nm-thick GaAs absorber and a silver nanostructured back mirror

(2019) Hung-Ling Chen et al.   Nature Energy

Double-sided pyramid texturing design to reduce the light escape of ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells

(2019) Li Guan et al.   OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY

Periodic inverse nanopyramid gratings for light management in silicon heterojunction devices and comparison with random pyramid texturing

(2019) Arsalan Razzaq et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Impact of silicon wafer thickness on photovoltaic performance of crystalline silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2018) Hitoshi Sai et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Theoretical study of pyramid sizes and scattering effects in silicon photovoltaic module stacks

(2018) Oliver Höhn et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Mesoscale trumps nanoscale: metallic mesoscale contact morphology for improved light trapping, optical absorption and grid conductance in silicon solar cells

(2018) Rebecca Saive et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Plasmonic enhanced solar cells: Summary of possible strategies and recent results

(2018) F. Enrichi et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Enhancing the Power Output of Bifacial Solar Modules by Applying Effectively Transparent Contacts (ETCs) With Light Trapping

(2018) Rebecca Saive et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Electrical and optical properties of Si microwire solar cells

(2017) Hong-Sik Kim et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

The Influence of Spectral Albedo on Bifacial Solar Cells: A Theoretical and Experimental Study

(2017) Thomas C. R. Russell et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Silicon heterojunction solar cell with interdigitated back contacts for a photoconversion efficiency over 26%

(2017) Kunta Yoshikawa et al.   Nature Energy

Ultrathin Epitaxial Silicon Solar Cells with Inverted Nanopyramid Arrays for Efficient Light Trapping

(2016) Alexandre Gaucher et al.   NANO LETTERS

Near-Unity Absorption in van der Waals Semiconductors for Ultrathin Optoelectronics

(2016) Deep Jariwala et al.   NANO LETTERS

A cost roadmap for silicon heterojunction solar cells

(2016) Atse Louwen et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effectively Transparent Front Contacts for Optoelectronic Devices

(2016) Rebecca Saive et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Empirical Comparison of Random and Periodic Surface Light-Trapping Structures for Ultrathin Silicon Photovoltaics

(2016) Matthew S. Branham et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Plasmon-enhanced optical sensors: a review

(2015) Ming Li et al.   ANALYST

Nano-cones on micro-pyramids: modulated surface textures for maximal spectral response and high-efficiency solar cells

(2015) Andrea Ingenito et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

3D-printed concentrator arrays for external light trapping on thin film solar cells

(2015) Lourens van Dijk et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Limiting Light Escape Angle in Silicon Photovoltaics: Ideal and Realistic Cells

(2015) Emily D. Kosten et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Thermodynamics of light management in photovoltaic devices

(2014) Uwe Rau et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging Sensors: A Review

(2014) Chi Lok Wong et al.   Plasmonics

Solar grade silicon: Technology status and industrial trends

(2014) Gøran Bye et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Flexible Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cells With >30% Efficiency

(2014) Brendan M. Kayes et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

>750 mV open circuit voltage measured on 50 μm thick silicon heterojunction solar cell

(2013) Stanislau Y. Herasimenka et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Formation of Various Pyramidal Structures on Monocrystalline Silicon Surface and Their Influence on the Solar Cells

(2013) Yangang Han et al.   Journal of Nanomaterials

Silicon Microwire Arrays for Solar Energy-Conversion Applications

(2013) Emily L. Warren et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Large-Area Free-Standing Ultrathin Single-Crystal Silicon as Processable Materials

(2013) Shuang Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle

(2013) Emily D Kosten et al.   Light-Science & Applications

Nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

(2012) S. Mokkapati et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Absorption Enhancement in Ultrathin Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells with Antireflection and Light-Trapping Nanocone Gratings

(2012) Ken Xingze Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Reflection distributions of textured monocrystalline silicon: implications for silicon solar cells

(2012) Simeon C. Baker-Finch et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Current Losses at the Front of Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2012) Zachary C. Holman et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Review of surface plasmon resonance and localized surface plasmon resonance sensor

(2012) Yong Chen et al.   Photonic Sensors

Microphotonic parabolic light directors fabricated by two-photon lithography

(2011) J. H. Atwater et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Modulated surface textures for enhanced light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells

(2010) Olindo Isabella et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Toward the Lambertian Limit of Light Trapping in Thin Nanostructured Silicon Solar Cells

(2010) Sang Eon Han et al.   NANO LETTERS

Optical Absorption Enhancement in Silicon Nanohole Arrays for Solar Photovoltaics

(2010) Sang Eon Han et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells

(2010) Erik Garnett et al.   NANO LETTERS

Fundamental limit of light trapping in grating 
structures

(2010) Zongfu Yu et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Optimal light trapping in ultra-thin photonic crystal crystalline silicon solar cells

(2010) Shrestha Basu Mallick 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

Reflection of normally incident light from silicon solar cells with pyramidal texture

(2010) Simeon C. Baker-Finch et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanowire arrays with a large lattice constant for photovoltaic applications

(2009) Chenxi Lin et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Flexible silicon solar cells

(2009) A.W. Blakers et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

A simple and cost-effective approach for fabricating pyramids on crystalline silicon wafers

(2009) A.K. Chu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

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

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

Light intensity enhancement by diffracting structures in solar cells

(2008) I. Tobías et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Plasmonic solar cells

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

Self-consistent optical parameters of intrinsic silicon at 300K including temperature coefficients

(2008) Martin A. Green   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS