A Bioinspired Hybrid Light-Trapping Structure and Its Fabrication for Thin-Film Solar Cells

Authors

Yihong Zhao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Ming Zhu, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Shengjie Zhai, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Hui Zhao, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Publication Title

2021 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2021 - Proceedings

Publisher

IEEE Xplore

Publisher Location

Manhattan, New York

Abstract

A novel hybrid of quasi-random nanostructures and Archimedean spiral arrangement light trapping coating, and its low-cost, fast-production technique are presented here. Both numerical simulations and experiments confirmed the superiority of efficiency enhancement and omnidirectional light-trapping capacity when coating the created nanostructures on thin-film solar cells.

Keywords

Archimedean spiral arrangement; Hybrid light-trapping structure/Coating; Quasi-random pattern; Thin film solar cell

Disciplines

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | Nanotechnology

Repository Citation

Zhao, Y., Zhu, M., Zhai, S., Zhao, H. (2021). A Bioinspired Hybrid Light-Trapping Structure and Its Fabrication for Thin-Film Solar Cells. 2021 IEEE Photonics Conference, IPC 2021 - Proceedings Manhattan, New York: IEEE Xplore.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IPC48725.2021.9593061