Title :
Inverse electromagnetic design for subwavelength light trapping in solar cells
Author :
Ganapati, Vidya ; Miller, Owen D. ; Yablonovitch, Eli
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
In the subwavelength regime, the optimal surface texture for light trapping in solar cells remains to be found. We use computational inverse electromagnetic design to find the optimal nanoscale surface texture.
Keywords :
solar cells; computational inverse electromagnetic design; optimal nanoscale surface texture; solar cells; subwavelength light trapping; Absorption; Charge carrier processes; Electromagnetics; Materials; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Surface texture;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358555
