Progress and prospects for ultrathin solar cells

I Massiot, A Cattoni, S Collin - Nature Energy, 2020 - nature.com
Ultrathin solar cells with thicknesses at least 10 times lower than conventional solar cells
could have the unique potential to efficiently convert solar energy into electricity while …

Complex photonic structures for light harvesting

M Burresi, F Pratesi, F Riboli… - Advanced optical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, micro‐and nanophotonics have roused a strong interest in the
scientific community for their promising impact on the development of novel kinds of solar …

Nanophotonic light trapping in solar cells

S Mokkapati, KR Catchpole - Journal of applied physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Nanophotonic light trapping for solar cells is an exciting field that has seen exponential
growth in the last few years. There has been a growing appreciation for solar energy as a …

Light Confinement Effect Induced Highly Sensitive, Self‐Driven Near‐Infrared Photodetector and Image Sensor Based on Multilayer PdSe2/Pyramid Si Heterojunction

FX Liang, XY Zhao, JJ Jiang, JG Hu, WQ Xie, J Lv… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, a highly sensitive and self‐driven near‐infrared (NIR) light photodetector based
on PdSe2/pyramid Si heterojunction arrays, which are fabricated through simple …

Ultrathin epitaxial silicon solar cells with inverted nanopyramid arrays for efficient light trapping

A Gaucher, A Cattoni, C Dupuis, W Chen, R Cariou… - Nano …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Ultrathin c-Si solar cells have the potential to drastically reduce costs by saving raw material
while maintaining good efficiencies thanks to the excellent quality of monocrystalline silicon …

UV–visible broadband polarization-independent metamaterial absorber based on two-dimensional Au grating

X Tian, X Qiu, Z Cao, J Hou, C Yang - Optics & Laser Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A broadband metamaterial absorber (BMA) based on a thin metamaterial nanostructure
consisting of 2D Au square grating on graphene-SiO 2 film and Au substrate is proposed …

Nanopyramid structure for ultrathin c-Si tandem solar cells

G Li, H Li, JYL Ho, M Wong, HS Kwok - Nano letters, 2014 - ACS Publications
Recently, ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells have gained tremendous interest because
they are deemed to dramatically reduce material usage. However, the resulting conversion …

11.0%-efficient thin-film microcrystalline silicon solar cells with honeycomb textured substrates

H Sai, T Matsui, K Matsubara, M Kondo… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present our latest results toward high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells.
Owing to the superior light trapping capability of periodic textures combined with other …

Nanopillar diffraction gratings by two-photon lithography

J Purtov, P Rogin, A Verch, VE Johansen, R Hensel - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Two-dimensional photonic structures such as nanostructured pillar gratings are useful for
various applications including wave coupling, diffractive optics, and security features. Two …

Multilayered PtSe 2/pyramid-Si heterostructure array with light confinement effect for high-performance photodetection, image sensing and light trajectory tracking …

M Ma, H Chen, K Zhou, C Xie, Y Liang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional layered (2D) materials are currently attracting intensive research interest
for high-performance photodetection and other optoelectronic applications. However, the …