Title :
Enhancing the efficiency of photovoltaic solar cells with photonic nanostructures
Author :
Veronis, Georgios ; Min, Changjun ; Granier, Christopher H. ; Dowling, Jonathan P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that periodic metallic gratings can greatly enhance the optical absorption efficiency of thin-film solar cells. We also introduce aperiodic multilayer structures with highly directional absorptivity for both polarizations for solar thermophotovoltaic systems.
Keywords :
light absorption; nanostructured materials; solar cells; thin film devices; aperiodic multilayer structures; highly directional absorptivity; optical absorption efficiency; periodic metallic gratings; photonic nanostructures; photovoltaic solar cells; solar thermophotovoltaic systems; thin-film solar cells; Absorption; Gratings; Optical polarization; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358554
