Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Designing Metasurfaces for Efficient Solar Energy Conversion

L Mascaretti, Y Chen, O Henrotte, O Yesilyurt… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces have recently emerged as a promising technological platform, offering
unprecedented control over light by structuring materials at the nanoscale using two …

Electronic structure analysis of a-Si: H  pi1-i2-n solar cells  using ellipsometry spectroscopy

S Prayogi, Y Cahyono, D Darminto - Optical and Quantum Electronics, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we report an enhancement in the efficiency of a-Si: H solar cells due to the
addition of an intrinsic layer. The intrinsic layer of a-Si: H pi 1-i 2-n solar cells was measured …

Light trapping in thin film crystalline silicon solar cells using multi-scale photonic topological insulators

MA Shameli, L Yousefi - Optics & Laser Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new method is proposed to trap sunlight in the active layer of thin film solar
cells. In the proposed technique, multi-scale photonic topological insulators (PTI) realized by …

Optical Sensing Using Hybrid Multilayer Grating Metasurfaces with Customized Spectral Response

MH Elshorbagy, A Cuadrado, J Alda - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Customized metasurfaces allow for controlling optical responses in photonic and
optoelectronic devices over a broad band. For sensing applications, the spectral response of …

Effective index model as a reliable tool for the design of nanostructured thin-film solar cells

PA Sánchez, O Esteban, MH Elshorbagy… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Nanostructured anti-reflection coatings (ARC) are used to reduce the reflectivity of the front
surface of solar cells. Computational electromagnetism helps to evaluate the spectral …

Modified transmission line model for grating solar cells

N Anvarhaghighi, A Habibzadeh-Sharif - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Due to the wide range of applications of plasmonic diffraction gratings, it has become
essential to provide an analytical method for modeling performance of the devices designed …

Enhanced Opto‐Electrical Properties of Chalcogenide‐Rich Tin Selenide Thin Film after Incorporating Sulfur Yielding Tin Sulfoselenide

P Sarkar, Nisha, P Kumar, RS Katiyar - ChemistrySelect, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alloy engineering are efficient methods to improve the physical properties of two‐
dimensional (2D) material‐based photovoltaic application. Tin chalcogenide belonging to …

Growth of Ge QDs-Decorated SiGe Nanocrystals: Toward Integration of Quantum Dots and Mie Resonators in Ultrathin Film for Photodetection and Energy Harvesting

M Aouassa, M Bouabdellaoui, WB Pessoa… - ACS Applied …, 2024 - ACS Publications
To efficiently integrate SiGe-based Mie resonators and germanium quantum dots into a
single-layer structure for ultrathin solar cells and high performance self-powered …

Photocurrent and electrical properties of SiGe nanocrystals grown on insulator via solid-state dewetting of Ge/SOI for Photodetection and solar cells applications

AK Aladim, M Aouassa, S Amdouni, M Bouabdellaoui… - Vacuum, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we present the photocurrent and electrical characterization of silicon-
germanium nanocrystals (SiGe NCs) on an insulator (SiO 2). The SiGe NCs were grown …