Hexagonal sphere gratings for enhanced light trapping in crystalline silicon solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Eisenlohr, Johannes ^a   Benick, Jan ^a   Peters, Marius ^a   Bläsi, Benedikt ^a   Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph ^a,b   Hermle, Martin ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; WAVE OPTICAL SIMULATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84892654289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.00A111     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. E. Yablonovitch, "Statistical ray optics," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 72(7), 899-907 (1982).
2. E. Yablonovitch and G. D. Cody, "Intensity enhancement in textured optical sheets for solar cells," IEEE Trans. Electron. Dev. 29(2), 300-305 (1982).
3. I. M. Peters, "Photonic Concepts for Solar Cells", PhD thesis (Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, 2009).
4. Z. Yu, A. Raman, and S. Fan, "Fundamental limit of light trapping in grating structures," Opt. Express 18(S3 Suppl 3), A366-A380 (2010).
5. P. Sheng, A. N. Bloch, and R. S. Stepleman, "Wavelength-selective absorption enhancement in thin-film solar cells," Appl. Phys. Lett. 43(6), 579-581 (1983).
6. C. Heine and R. H. Morf, "Submicrometer gratings for solar energy applications," Appl. Opt. 34(14), 2476-2482 (1995).
7. P. Bermel, C. Luo, L. Zeng, L. C. Kimerling, and J. D. Joannopoulos, "Improving thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell efficiencies with photonic crystals," Opt. Express 15(25), 16986-17000 (2007).
8. J. Schmidt, A. Merkle, R. Brendel, B. Hoex, M. C. M. van de Sanden, and W. M. M. Kessels, "Surface passivation of high-efficiency silicon solar cells by atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3," Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl. 16(6), 461-466 (2008).
9. M. G. Moharam, E. B. Grann, D. A. Pommet, and T. K. Gaylord, "Formulation for stable and efficient implementation of the rigorous coupled-wave analysis of binary gratings," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 12(5), 1068-1076 (1995).
10. IEC, Photovoltaic Devices-Part 3: Measurement Principles for Terrestrial Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Devices with Reference Spectral Irradiance Data., 2nd ed., International Standard, IEC 60904-3 (International Electrotechnical Commission, 2008).
11. D. Kray, "Hocheffiziente Solarzellenstrukturen für Kristallines Silicium-Material Industrieller Qualität," PhD thesis (Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, 2004).
12. M. Peters, M. Rüdiger, H. Hauser, M. Hermle, and B. Bläsi, "Diffractive gratings for crystalline silicon solar cells-optimum parameters and loss mechanisms," Progr. Photovolt.: Res. Appl. 20, 862-873 (2011).
13. A. Mellor, I. Tobias, A. Marti, and A. Luque, "A numerical study of Bi-periodic binary diffraction gratings for solar cell applications," Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 95(12), 3527-3535 (2011).
14. J. Gjessing, A. S. Sudbø, and E. S. Marstein, "Comparison of periodic light-trapping structures in thin crystalline silicon solar cells," J. Appl. Phys. 110(3), 033104 (2011).
15. S. Janz, P. Voisin, D. Suwito, M. Peters, M. Hermle, and S. W. Glunz, "Photonic crystals as rear-side diffusers and reflectors for high efficiency silicon solar cells," in Proceedings of the 24th European Solar Energy Conference, 2009, 1529-1533.
16. P. Voisin, M. Peters, H. Hauser, C. Helgert, E.-B. Kley, T. Pertsch, B. Bläsi, M. Hermle, and S. W. Glunz, "Nanostructured back side silicon solar cells," in Proceedings of the 24th European Solar Energy Conference, 2009, 1997-2000.
17. P. Berger, H. Hauser, D. Suwito, S. Janz, M. Peters, B. Bläsi, and M. Hermle,R. B. Wehrspohn and A. Gombert, eds., "Realization and Evaluation of Diffractive Systems on the Back Side of Silicon Solar Cells," in Proceedings of SPIE, R. B. Wehrspohn and A. Gombert, eds. (2010), p. 772504.
18. J. H. Poynting, "On the Transfer of Energy in the Electromagnetic Field," Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 175(0), 343-361 (1884).
19. K.-H. Brenner, "Aspects for calculating local absorption with the rigorous coupled-wave method," Opt. Express 18(10), 10369-10376 (2010).
20. A. Mellor, H. Hauser, C. Wellens, J. Benick, J. Eisenlohr, M. Peters, A. Guttowski, I. Tobías, A. Martí, A. Luque, and B. Bläsi, "Nanoimprinted diffraction gratings for crystalline silicon solar cells: implementation, characterization and simulation," Opt. Express 21(S2 Suppl 2), A295-A304 (2013).
21. A. Goetzberger, "Optical confinement in thin Si-solar cells by diffuse back reflectors," in Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1981, 867-870.