Fundamental Limit of Nanophotonic Light-trapping in Solar Cells

Zongfu Yu; Aaswath Raman; Shanhui Fan

doi:10.1364/CLEO.2010.CML3

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper CML3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2010.CML3

Fundamental Limit of Nanophotonic Light-trapping in Solar Cells

Zongfu Yu, Aaswath Raman, and Shanhui Fan

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010

San Jose, California United States
16–21 May 2010
ISBN: 978-1-55752-889-6

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Abstract

We use a rigorous electromagnetic approach to develop a light-trapping theory, which reveals that the standard limit developed by Yablonovitch can be substantially surpassed in nanophotonic regimes, opening new avenues for highly efficient solar cells.

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