Title :
Photonic crystal silicon based structures for thin film solar cell
Author :
Drouard, Emmanuel ; Park, Yeonsang ; Daif, Ounsi El ; Letartre, Xavier ; Viktorovitch, Pierre ; Fave, Alain ; Kaminski, Anne ; Lemiti, Mustapha ; Seassal, Christian
Author_Institution :
Université de Lyon, Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon (INL), UMR 5270 CNRS- INSA-ECL-UCBL, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 36 avenue Guy de Collongue, 69134 Ecully Cedex, France
Abstract :
The absorption of an ultra-thin layer can be significantly increased by patterning a photonic crystal. The incident light couples into slow Bloch modes, enabling a robust control of the photon lifetime and then, the enhancement of the absorption integrated over the whole solar spectrum.
Keywords :
Absorption; Optical films; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals; Photovoltaic cells; Resonance; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
