Decreasing the Thickness of Crystalline-Silicon Solar Cells below 40 μm and Increasing their Light Absorption with Surface Nanostructures

V. Depauw; O. El Daif; D. Van Gestel; K. Van Nieuwenhuysen; C. Trompoukis; F. Dross; I. Gordon; J. Poortmans

doi:10.1364/PV.2011.PWC3

Renewable Energy and the Environment
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper PWC3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2011.PWC3

Decreasing the Thickness of Crystalline-Silicon Solar Cells below 40 μm and Increasing their Light Absorption with Surface Nanostructures

V. Depauw, O. El Daif, D. Van Gestel, K. Van Nieuwenhuysen, C. Trompoukis, F. Dross, I. Gordon, and J. Poortmans

Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2011

Austin, Texas United States
2–3 November 2011
ISBN: 978-1-55752-920-6

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Photon Management in Solar Cells: Dielectric Nanostructures II (PWC)

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V. Depauw, O. El Daif, D. Van Gestel, K. Van Nieuwenhuysen, C. Trompoukis, F. Dross, I. Gordon, and J. Poortmans, "Decreasing the Thickness of Crystalline-Silicon Solar Cells below 40 μm and Increasing their Light Absorption with Surface Nanostructures," in Renewable Energy and the Environment, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011), paper PWC3.

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Abstract

Three methods for fabricating crystalline-silicon solar cells thinner than 40 μm are presented together with the integration of three nanostructuring schemes - texturing, photonic crystals, plasmons - to boost their light absorption and open new paths for lower-cost silicon cells.

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