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Empirical Comparison of Random and Periodic Surface Light‐Trapping Structures for Ultrathin Silicon Photovoltaics

Matthew S. Branham, Wei‐Chun Hsu, Selcuk Yerci, James Loomis, Svetlana V. Boriskina, Brittany R. Hoard, Sang Eon Han, Abasifreke Ebong, Gang Chen

Advanced Optical Materials· Volume 4· Issue 6
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Abstract

Pyramidal light-trapping structures of a range of length scales—both periodic and random arrangements—are shown to yield similarly high absorption in thin-film crystalline silicon photovoltaics. Through the combination of results from experiment and simulation, the trade-off between absorption effectiveness and ease of fabrication of various pyramidal light-trapping structures is investigated for application in thin-film crystalline silicon solar cells. As a service to our authors and readers, this journal provides supporting information supplied by the authors. Such materials are peer reviewed and may be re-organized for online delivery, but are not copy-edited or typeset. Technical support issues arising from supporting information (other than missing files) should be addressed to the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.
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OpenAlex topics: Thin-Film Transistor Technologies · Nanowire Synthesis and Applications · Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence

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Affiliations

Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA

Micro and Nanotechnology Programme The Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Middle East Technical University Dumlupinar Blv, No. 1 06800 Cankaya Ankara Turkey

Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering The University of New Mexico 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131 USA

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte NC 28223 USA

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative · Nanoscale Science and Engineering Initiative of the National Science Foundation

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