Light Trapping Concepts for Enhanced Absorption in Thin Silicon Solar Cells

M. Zeman; A. Ingenito; H. Tan; D.N.P. Linssen; R. Santbergen; A. Smets; O. Isabella

doi:10.1364/PV.2014.PW4C.4

Light, Energy and the Environment
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014),
paper PW4C.4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2014.PW4C.4

Light Trapping Concepts for Enhanced Absorption in Thin Silicon Solar Cells

M. Zeman, A. Ingenito, H. Tan, D.N.P. Linssen, R. Santbergen, A. Smets, and O. Isabella

Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2014

Canberra Australia
2–5 December 2014
ISBN: 978-1-55752-756-1

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M. Zeman, A. Ingenito, H. Tan, D. N. P. Linssen, R. Santbergen, A. Smets, and O. Isabella, "Light Trapping Concepts for Enhanced Absorption in Thin Silicon Solar Cells," in Light, Energy and the Environment, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014), paper PW4C.4.

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Abstract

The effect of decoupled front/back textures and the application of photonic and plasmonic nanostructures on the performance of thin silicon solar cells was studied. The study shows that supporting layers of solar cells, such as transparent conductive oxides (TCO), doped layers and back reflectors (BR), are responsible for significant parasitic absorption losses that prevent achieving 4n² enhancement of light absorption in solar cells with thin silicon absorbers.

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