• DocumentCode
    733870
  • Title

    Cloaking of metal contacts on solar cells

  • Author

    Schumann, M.F. ; Wiesendanger, S. ; Goldschmidt, J.-C. ; Bittkau, K. ; Paetzold, U.W. ; Sprafke, A. ; Wehrspohn, R.B. ; Rockstuhl, C. ; Wegener, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Inst. of Appl. Phys., Karlsruhe, Germany
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We design by transformation optics, fabricate by three-dimensional direct laser writing, and characterize experimentally polymer-based cloaks for 20 μm wide gold-wire contacts on a silicon wafer. The contact shadowing effect is reduced by 90%.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; gold; laser materials processing; optical cloaking; optical fabrication; polymers; semiconductor-metal boundaries; silicon; solar cells; Au-Si; Si; cloaking; contact shadowing effect; gold-wire contacts; metal contacts; polymer-based cloaks; silicon wafer; size 20 mum; solar cells; three-dimensional direct laser writing; transformation optics; Gold; Optical device fabrication; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers; Silicon; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184313