Rise of nature-inspired solar photovoltaic energy convertors

N Soudi, S Nanayakkara, NMS Jahed, S Naahidi - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Novel strategies based on nature-inspired design will play a major role in future photovoltaic
solar cells as a sustainable energy resource. Biomimetic photovoltaic solar cells attracted …

Biomimicry in nanotechnology: A comprehensive review

MH Himel, B Sikder, T Ahmed, SM Choudhury - Nanoscale Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomimicry has been utilized in many branches of science and engineering to develop
devices for enhanced and better performance. The application of nanotechnology has made …

[HTML][HTML] The better photoelectric performance of thin-film TiO2/c-Si heterojunction solar cells based on surface plasmon resonance

F Zhao, Y Yi, J Lin, Z Yi, F Qin, Y Zheng, L Liu, F Zheng… - Results in Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the absorption of solar energy of thin-film c-silicon (silicon is 1 μm)
heterojunction solar cells (SSCs) with the combination of Ag nanoparticles (NPs) and TiO 2 …

Determination of complex optical constants and photovoltaic device design of all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite thin films

W Yan, L Mao, P Zhao, A Mertens, S Dottermusch… - Optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
All-inorganic perovskites exhibit interesting properties and unprecedented stability
compared to organic-inorganic hybrid lead halide perovskites. This work focuses on …

A comparison of different textured and non-textured anti-reflective coatings for planar monolithic silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells

M Spence, R Hammond, A Pockett, Z Wei… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multijunction solar cells offer a route to exceed the Shockley–Queisser limit for single-
junction devices. In a few short years, silicon-perovskite tandems have significantly passed …

Highly transparent and conductive oxide-metal-oxide electrodes optimized at the percolation thickness of AgOx for transparent silicon thin-film solar cells

H Jo, JH Yang, SW Choi, J Park, EJ Song… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highly transparent and conductive oxide-metal-oxide (OMO) electrodes comprising
aluminum-doped zinc-oxide (AZO) and ultrathin Ag or oxygen (O 2)-doped Ag (AgO x) metal …

Fabrication and studies on Si/InP core-shell nanowire based solar cell using etched Si nanowire arrays

B Pal, KJ Sarkar, P Banerji - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We report Si/InP core-shell nanowire radial heterojunction array based solar cell.
Silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays were fabricated by room temperature metal assisted …

Investigation of quasi-periodic structures to increase the efficiency of thin-film silicon solar cells: A comparative study

A Abbasiyan, M Noori, H Baghban - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2019 - Elsevier
To boost the energy conversion efficiency in a thin-film Si solar cell, the effect of applying
simple and generalized Fibonacci and Thue-Morse quasi-periodic multilayers in the front …

Efficiency enhancement of an ultra-thin silicon solar cell using plasmonic coupled core-shell nanoparticles

G Mokari, H Heidarzadeh - Plasmonics, 2019 - Springer
Enhancement of the optical absorption in ultra-thin silicon solar cells is more important. In
this work, plasmonic nanostructures are used inside the active layer to improve the …

Absorption enhanced thin‐film solar cells using fractal nano‐structures

MA Shameli, L Yousefi - IET Optoelectronics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, a new structure for development of thin film solar cells is proposed in which
elements with fractal shapes are integrated inside the cell to enhance its performance in a …