• DocumentCode
    688974
  • Title

    Light trapping using silicon nanostructures for solar cells

  • Author

    Fofang, Nche T. ; Luk, Ting S. ; Okandan, Murat ; Nielson, Gregory N. ; Brener, Igal

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Integrated Nanotechnol., Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Silicon nanostructures are used for efficiency enhancement in Silicon solar cells. A 2 μm thick solar cell with silicon nanostructures on the front and back surfaces show photocurrent of 26.7 mA/cm2 (77% of the Yablonovitch limit).
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical materials; photoconductivity; silicon; solar cells; solar control films; Si; Yablonovitch limit; back surfaces; efficiency enhancement; front surfaces; light trapping; photocurrent; silicon nanostructures; silicon solar cells; size 2 mum; Laboratories; Nanoparticles; Photovoltaic cells; Scattering; Silicon; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833354
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=688974