Analysis of the light trapping effect on the performance of silicon-based solar cells: absorption enhancement

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 3591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Heidarzadeh ◽  
Ali Rostami ◽  
Samiye Matloub ◽  
Mahboubeh Dolatyari ◽  
Ghassem Rostami
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Absorption Enhancement ◽  
Trapping Effect ◽  
Silicon Based

The light-trapping effect in various textured cover glass for enhancing the current density in silicon heterojunction solar cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 467 ◽  
pp. 125657
Author(s):  
Hyeongsik Park ◽  
Myung hun Shin ◽  
S.M. Iftiquar ◽  
Shahzada Qamar Hussain ◽  
Minkyu Ju ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Cover Glass ◽  
Heterojunction Solar Cells ◽  
Trapping Effect ◽  
Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells

Improved light trapping effect for thin-film silicon solar cells fabricated on double-textured white glass substrate

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 920-923 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidetoshi Wada ◽  
Keiichi Nishikubo ◽  
Porponth Sichanugrist ◽  
Makoto Konagai
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Cell ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Chemical ◽  
Trapping Effect ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
Vapor Deposition Technique

Light trapping effect using rough surface transparent conductive oxide (TCO) is one of the best ways to achieve high efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells. Several types of rough ZnO film fabricated by metal organic chemical vapor deposition technique onto the glass, which are etched by reactive ion etching, have been proposed so far as promising TCO substrates. In this paper, newly developed ZnO substrate with extremely high light scattering property comparing with typical pyramidal texture one was developed. By applying this newly developed ZnO substrate to the solar cell, higher short circuit current of about 2% has been achieved comparing with typical pyramidal texture one without sacrificing other parameters. This result showed that the newly developed substrate is suitable as a front TCO substrate for high performance thin-film silicon solar cell.

scholarly journals Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanpeng Shi ◽  
Xiaodong Wang ◽  
Fuhua Yang
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Periodic Structures ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Large Field ◽  
Silicon Solar Cells ◽  
Trapping Effect ◽  
Thin Film Silicon ◽  
The Impact

We present a systematic simulation study on the impact of disorder in thin film silicon solar cells with hybrid light trapping structure. For the periodical structures introducing certain randomness in some parameters, the nanophotonic light trapping effect is demonstrated to be superior to their periodic counterparts. The nanophotonic light trapping effect can be associated with the increased modes induced by the structural disorders. Our study is a systematic proof that certain disorder is conceptually an advantage for nanophotonic light trapping concepts in thin film solar cells. The result is relevant to the large field of research on nanophotonic light trapping which currently investigates and prototypes a number of new concepts including disordered periodic and quasiperiodic textures. The random effect on the shape of the pattern (position, height, and radius) investigated in this paper could be a good approach to estimate the influence of experimental inaccuracies for periodic or quasi-periodic structures.

Efficient optical absorption enhancement in organic solar cells by using a 2-dimensional periodic light trapping structure

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (24) ◽  
pp. 243904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Shuo Zu ◽  
Xiao-Bo Shi ◽  
Jian Liang ◽  
Mei-Feng Xu ◽  
Chun-Sing Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Optical Absorption ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Absorption Enhancement
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