Efficiency limit and example of a photonic solar cell

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on a Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystal

(2010) Stefan Guldin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Four-junction spectral beam-splitting photovoltaic receiver with high optical efficiency

(2010) Bernhard Mitchell et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Angular confinement and concentration in photovoltaic converters

(2010) Marius Peters et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Cavity-controlled radiative recombination of excitons in thin-film solar cells

(2009) Luat T. Vuong et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

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

The effect of photonic structures on the light guiding efficiency of fluorescent concentrators

(2009) M. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Absorption enhancement using photonic crystals for silicon thin film solar cells

(2009) Yeonsang Park et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

The photonic light trap—Improved light trapping in solar cells by angularly selective filters

(2009) Marius Peters et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Trapping light with micro lenses in thin film organic photovoltaic cells

(2008) Kristofer Tvingstedt et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Solar cell as a heat engine: energy-entropy analysis of photovoltaic conversion

(2008) Tom Markvart   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

3D photonic crystal intermediate reflector for micromorph thin-film tandem solar cell

(2008) Andreas Bielawny et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Directional selectivity and ultra-light-trapping in solar cells

(2008) Carolin Ulbrich et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLICATIONS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE

Light trapping, a new approach to spectrum splitting

(2008) A GOETZBERGER et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS