Title :
Antireflection and light trapping of periodic subwavelength surface structures formed by colloidal monolayer spheres lithography on thin film solar cells
Author :
Tseng, P.C. ; Tsai, M.A. ; Yu, Peichen ; Kuo, H.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao-Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
Solar cell efficiency enhancement by gradient periodic TiO2 nanoislands formed with the facilitation of polystyrene-spheres was studied. The enhancement mechanism was categorized by antireflection and light-trapping and achieves 72% relative increase of short-circuit current density.
Keywords :
Absorption; Lithography; Optical diffraction; Optical films; Optical reflection; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Reflectivity; Surface structures; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
