3D-printed external light trap for solar cells

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

Enhanced absorption of thin-film photovoltaic cells using an optical cavity

(2015) Lee A Weinstein et al.   Journal of Optics

Micro-optical designs for angular confinement in solar cells

(2015) Jeffrey M. Gordon et al.   Journal of Photonics for Energy

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

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

Disorder improves nanophotonic light trapping in thin-film solar cells

(2014) U. W. Paetzold et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Experimental demonstration of enhanced photon recycling in angle-restricted GaAs solar cells

(2014) Emily D. Kosten et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

On the thermodynamics of light trapping in solar cells

(2014) Uwe Rau et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Micro-concentrators for a microsystems-enabled photovoltaic system

(2014) Bradley H. Jared et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Maximal power output by solar cells with angular confinement

(2014) Oliver Höhn et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Thermodynamics of light management in photovoltaic devices

(2014) Uwe Rau et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Optical cavity for improved performance of solar receivers in solar-thermal systems

(2014) Lee Weinstein et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Al2O3/TiO2 nano-pattern antireflection coating with ultralow surface recombination

(2013) P. Spinelli et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Photovoltaic performance enhancement by external recycling of photon emission

(2013) Avi Braun et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Geometric light trapping with a V-trap for efficient organic solar cells

(2013) Soo Jin Kim et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Dielectric back scattering patterns for light trapping in thin-film Si solar cells

(2013) M. van Lare et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

High light-directing micrometer-sized parabolic mirror arrays

(2013) Wensheng Yan et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Highly efficient GaAs solar cells by limiting light emission angle

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

Improving metal reflectors by suppressing surface plasmon polaritons: a priori calculation of the internal reflectance of a solar cell

(2013) Zachary C Holman 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

Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics

(2012) Albert Polman et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Prospects of near-field plasmonic absorption enhancement in semiconductor materials using embedded Ag nanoparticles

(2012) P. Spinelli et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Microphotonic parabolic light directors fabricated by two-photon lithography

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

Microscale solar cells for high concentration on polycrystalline Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin films

(2011) Myriam Paire et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Flattened light-scattering substrate in thin film silicon solar cells for improved infrared response

(2011) Hitoshi Sai et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Directionally selective light trapping in a germanium solar cell

(2011) Marius Peters et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Nano-crystalline silicon solar cell architecture with absorption at the classical 4n^2 limit

(2011) Rana Biswas et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Study of detached back reflector designs for thin-film silicon solar cells

(2011) Etienne Moulin et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Radiative efficiency of state-of-the-art photovoltaic cells

(2011) Martin A. Green   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

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

(2010) Carolin Ulbrich et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Microcrystalline silicon solar cells: effect of substrate temperature on cracks and their role in post-oxidation

(2010) M. Python et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Broadband moth-eye antireflection coatings on silicon

(2008) Chih-Hung Sun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Plasmonic absorption in textured silver back reflectors of thin film solar cells

(2008) F.-J. Haug et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Growth mechanism of nanocrystalline silicon at the phase transition and its application in thin film solar cells

(2008) R.E.I. Schropp et al.   JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH

Trapping light with micro lenses in thin film organic photovoltaic cells

(2008) Kristofer Tvingstedt et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS