Light trapping in hybrid nanopyramid and nanohole structure silicon solar cell beyond the Lambertian limit

Hong, Lei1,2; Rusli1; Wang, Xincai2; Zheng, Hongyu2; Wang, Hao1; Xu Xiaoyan1; Yu, Hongyu3

2014-08-21

10.1063/1.4893707

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS   影响因子和分区

0021-8979

1089-7550

We propose a hybrid nanostructure that comprises nanopyramids and nanoholes for thin film silicon (Si) solar cells. The hybrid structure demonstrates a stronger light trapping ability that is beyond the Lambertian limit. This is achieved with the smaller dimension nanohole structure which effectively reduces shorter wavelength light reflection, and the larger dimension nanopyramid structure which significantly enhances longer wavelength light trapping. An ultimate efficiency of 38.3% is yielded for a 2 mu m thick Si cell incorporated with the hybrid structure, which is higher than that achievable corresponding to the Lambertian limit. Moreover, the high ultimate efficiency is retained as the incident angle increases from normal incidence to 50 degrees for TM polarized sunlight. Therefore, the proposed hybrid structure is very promising to enhance the performance of thin film Si solar cells. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

SCI ; EI

英语

通讯

Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore Tier 2 Grant[MOE2012-T2-1-104]

Physics

Physics, Applied

WOS:000341189400051

AMER INST PHYSICS

20143518118583

Efficiency ; Light reflection ; Thin film solar cells ; Thin films

Solar Cells:702.3 ; Light/Optics:741.1 ; Production Engineering:913.1

PHYSICS

Web of Science

1.Nanyang Technol Univ, Novitas, Nanoelect Ctr Excellence, Sch Elect & Elect Engn, Singapore 639798, Singapore
2.ASTAR, Singapore Inst Mfg Technol, Singapore, Singapore
3.South Univ Sci & Technol China, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Shenzhen, Peoples R China

Hong, Lei,Rusli,Wang, Xincai,et al. Light trapping in hybrid nanopyramid and nanohole structure silicon solar cell beyond the Lambertian limit[J]. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS,2014,116(7).

Hong, Lei.,Rusli.,Wang, Xincai.,Zheng, Hongyu.,Wang, Hao.,...&Yu, Hongyu.(2014).Light trapping in hybrid nanopyramid and nanohole structure silicon solar cell beyond the Lambertian limit.JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS,116(7).

Hong, Lei,et al."Light trapping in hybrid nanopyramid and nanohole structure silicon solar cell beyond the Lambertian limit".JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 116.7(2014).