Photonic and plasmonic structures for applications in solar cells

M. Zeman; A. Ingenito; H. Tan; D.N.P. Linssen; R. Santbergen; A. Smets; O. Isabella

doi:10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998700

Photonic and plasmonic structures for applications in solar cells

M. Zeman, A. Ingenito, H. Tan, D.N.P. Linssen, R. Santbergen, A. Smets, O. Isabella

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The effect of decoupled front/back textures and the application of photonic and plasmonic nanostructures on the performance of thin silicon solar cells was studied. New light trapping concepts based on diffraction on periodic photonic nanostructures and scattering using plasmonic structures have potential to outperform the currently used randomly textured structures. The study demonstrates that supporting layers of solar cells, such as transparent conductive oxides, doped layers and back reflectors, are responsible for significant parasitic absorption losses that prevent achieving 4n2 enhancement of light absorption in solar cells with silicon absorbers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Tenth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems
Editors	J. Breza, D. Donoval, E. Vavrisnky
Place of Publication	Danvers
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-5475-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-5474-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998700
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	ASDAM 2014: The Tenth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems - Smolenice, Slovakia Duration: 20 Oct 2014 → 22 Oct 2014 Conference number: 10th

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Conference	ASDAM 2014
Country/Territory	Slovakia
City	Smolenice
Period	20/10/14 → 22/10/14

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Zeman, M, Ingenito, A, Tan, H, Linssen, DNP, Santbergen, R , Smets, A & Isabella, O 2014, Photonic and plasmonic structures for applications in solar cells. in J Breza, D Donoval & E Vavrisnky (eds), The Tenth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems. IEEE, Danvers, pp. 1-4, ASDAM 2014, Smolenice, Slovakia, 20/10/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASDAM.2014.6998700

Photonic and plasmonic structures for applications in solar cells. / Zeman, M.; Ingenito, A.; Tan, H. et al.
The Tenth International Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems. ed. / J. Breza; D. Donoval; E. Vavrisnky. Danvers: IEEE, 2014. p. 1-4.

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