scholarly journals Efficient Light Harvesting by Photon Downconversion and Light Trapping in Hybrid ZnS Nanoparticles/Si Nanotips Solar Cells

ACS Nano ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 5849-5854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Ying Huang ◽  
Di-Yan Wang ◽  
Chun-Hsiung Wang ◽  
Yung-Ting Chen ◽  
Yaw-Tyng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Zns Nanoparticles

scholarly journals Periodic Nanophotonic Structures-Based Light Management for Solar Energy Harvesting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikhil Deep Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Photoelectrochemical Cells ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Solar Energy Harvesting ◽  
Nanophotonic Structures

Solar energy has always been an obvious choice for solving the energy issues for the humans for centuries. The two most popular choices, out of many, to harness this infinite source of energy are: solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells. Although both these techniques are quite attractive, they have inherent limitations for tapping all of the incident photons. Maximizing the absorption of incident photons to produce maximum possible electrical output is always the main impetus for the researchers working to streamline these two techniques and making them compatible with existing sources of electrical energy. It has been well established that the light trapping in the solar cells and photoelectrochemical cells can play a vital role in improving their performance. To design light harvesting structures for both these applications, periodic nanophotonic structures have demonstrated stupendous results and shown that they have the real potential to enhance their performance. The chapter, in this regard, presents and reviews the current and historical aspects of the light harvesting structures for these two interesting applications and also discusses about the future of the research to further the performance of these large-area solar-to-electrical conversion transducers.

Dual-grating-induced light harvesting enhancement in organic solar cells

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (25) ◽  
pp. 11830-11837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue-Xing Zhang ◽  
Chen Gao ◽  
Jing-De Chen ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Yan-Qing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Cost Effective

A simple yet cost-effective paradigm is proposed for light-trapping enhancement of organic solar cells by introducing dual-grating patterns.

Enhanced Light Harvesting in Plasmonic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Using a Topologically Ordered Gold Light-Trapping Layer

ChemSusChem ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nailiang Yang ◽  
Qi Yuan ◽  
Jin Zhai ◽  
Tianxin Wei ◽  
Dan Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells ◽  
Dye Sensitized ◽  
Sensitized Solar Cells

scholarly journals Spinel zinc ferrite nanostructured thin-films for enhanced light-harvesting in polycrystalline solar cells

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Kumar Shanmugam ◽  
Rajasekar Rathanasamy ◽  
Gobinath Velu Kaliyannan ◽  
Nithyavathy Nagarajan ◽  
Manivasakan Palanisamy
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Solar Cells ◽  
Zinc Ferrite ◽  
Light Harvesting ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Fluorescence Analysis ◽  
Trapping Efficiency ◽  
Precipitation Method ◽  
Nanostructured Thin Films ◽  
Co Precipitation

Abstract Spinel zinc ferrite (ZnFe2O4) nanocrystallites are applied as an anti-reflection coating (ARC) for the enhanced light harvesting in polycrystalline silicon solar cells (PCSSC) and its effect were studied. Spinel zinc ferrite nanocrystallites were prepared using precursors of zinc and ferric chloride by co-precipitation method. The morphological, optical, electrical characterizations are comprehensively used to establish the performance of spinel ZnFe2O4 Nanostructured Thin Films (NTF) covered and uncovered PCSSC. Further, X-ray diffraction and fluorescence analysis have been performed to demonstrate the crystallographic patterns and elemental compositions of ZnFe2O4 nanocrystallites. The developed spinel ZnFe2O4 NTF on PCSSC shows the reduction in reflectivity (20.3%), improvement in light trapping efficiency (17.5%) and transmittance of the fabricated spinel ZnFe2O4 NTF was validated with optical and electrical observations.

scholarly journals Highly efficient organic solar cells enabled by a porous ZnO/PEIE electron transport layer with enhanced light trapping

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 808-819
Author(s):  
Shenya Qu ◽  
Jiangsheng Yu ◽  
Jinru Cao ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Hongtao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar Cells ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Organic Solar Cells ◽  
Light Trapping ◽  
Transport Layer ◽  
Electron Transport Layer ◽  
Highly Efficient
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