Exploiting the Optical Limits of Thin‐Film Solar Cells: A Review on Light Management Strategies in Cu(In,Ga)Se2

AJN Oliveira, JP Teixeira, D Ramos… - Advanced Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Light management strategies are of utmost importance to allow Cu (In, Ga) Se2 (CIGS)
technology market expansion, as it would enable a conversion efficiency boost as well as …

Four‐Terminal Perovskite/Copper Indium Gallium Selenide Tandem Solar Cells: Unveiling the Path to> 27% in Power Conversion Efficiency

T Feeney, IM Hossain, S Gharibzadeh, F Gota… - Solar …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, the impressive progress in power conversion efficiency (PCE) of
organometallic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs), coupled with their ready integration into …

Triple-cation low-bandgap perovskite thin-films for high-efficiency four-terminal all-perovskite tandem solar cells

S Moghadamzadeh, IM Hossain… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
All-perovskite multi-junction photovoltaics, comprised of a wide-bandgap (WBG) and a low-
bandgap (LBG) perovskite solar cell (PSC), has opened a new window to cost-effective yet …

Bioinspired multiscale optical structures towards efficient light management in optoelectronic devices

Y Wang, P Liu, F Vogelbacher, M Li - Materials Today Nano, 2022 - Elsevier
The interactions between light and micro-and nanostructures can produce efficient photon
manipulation, such as reducing the loss of incident photons and enhancing the extraction of …

Efficient Light Harvesting in Thick Perovskite Solar Cells Processed on Industry-Applicable Random Pyramidal Textures

A Farag, R Schmager, P Fassl, P Noack… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Light management is key to high-performance solar cells, particularly to monolithic
perovskite/Si tandem solar cells and in real field applications. Random pyramidal textures of …

The broadband and omnidirectional antireflective performance of perovskite solar cells with curved nanostructures

D Du, Z Xu, L Wang, Y Guo, S Liu, T Yu, C Wang… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Various shaped nanostructures have been continually used in the antireflection of organic-
inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells. A full understanding of the shape-dependent light …

Hot-embossed microcone-textured fluoropolymer as self-cleaning and anti-reflective photovoltaic module covers

A Roslizar, S Dottermusch, R Schmager… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Superhydrophobic self-cleaning covers, exhibiting small roll-off angles of water droplets,
mitigate the soiling of photovoltaic (PV) modules. In this work, microcone-textured fluorinated …

Liquid glass for photovoltaics: Multifunctional front cover glass for solar modules

M Langenhorst, D Ritzer, F Kotz, P Risch… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Advanced optical concepts, making use of tailored microstructured front cover glasses,
promise to reduce the losses encountered with encapsulated solar modules. However …

Optimizing Horticulture Luminescent Solar Concentrators via Enhanced Diffuse Emission Enabled by Micro-Cone Arrays

Z Xu, M Michalska… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Optimizing the photon spectrum for photosynthesis concurrently with improving crop yields
presents an efficient and sustainable pathway to alleviate global food shortages …

Upscaling the fabrication routine of bioreplicated rose petal light harvesting layers for photovoltaic modules

B Fritz, R Hünig, M Guttmann, M Schneider, KMS Reza… - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The hierarchical micro-/nanotextures adorning the petal surfaces of certain flower species
exhibit outstanding sunlight harvesting properties, which can be exploited for photovoltaic …