Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure
We present a systematic simulation study on the impact of disorder in thin film silicon solar cells with hybrid light trapping structure. For the periodical structures introducing certain randomness in some parameters, the nanophotonic light trapping effect is demonstrated to be superior to their pe...
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| description | We present a systematic simulation study on the impact of disorder in thin film silicon solar cells with hybrid light trapping structure. For the periodical structures introducing certain randomness in some parameters, the nanophotonic light trapping effect is demonstrated to be superior to their periodic counterparts. The nanophotonic light trapping effect can be associated with the increased modes induced by the structural disorders. Our study is a systematic proof that certain disorder is conceptually an advantage for nanophotonic light trapping concepts in thin film solar cells. The result is relevant to the large field of research on nanophotonic light trapping which currently investigates and prototypes a number of new concepts including disordered periodic and quasiperiodic textures. The random effect on the shape of the pattern (position, height, and radius) investigated in this paper could be a good approach to estimate the influence of experimental inaccuracies for periodic or quasi-periodic structures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-39c3391f4c2b47c1917a2a2cd40bcc9e2025-08-20T03:55:36ZengWileyInternational Journal of Optics1687-93841687-93922016-01-01201610.1155/2016/93716089371608Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping StructureYanpeng Shi0Xiaodong Wang1Fuhua Yang2School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, ChinaEngineering Research Center for Semiconductor Integrated Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, ChinaEngineering Research Center for Semiconductor Integrated Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, ChinaWe present a systematic simulation study on the impact of disorder in thin film silicon solar cells with hybrid light trapping structure. For the periodical structures introducing certain randomness in some parameters, the nanophotonic light trapping effect is demonstrated to be superior to their periodic counterparts. The nanophotonic light trapping effect can be associated with the increased modes induced by the structural disorders. Our study is a systematic proof that certain disorder is conceptually an advantage for nanophotonic light trapping concepts in thin film solar cells. The result is relevant to the large field of research on nanophotonic light trapping which currently investigates and prototypes a number of new concepts including disordered periodic and quasiperiodic textures. The random effect on the shape of the pattern (position, height, and radius) investigated in this paper could be a good approach to estimate the influence of experimental inaccuracies for periodic or quasi-periodic structures.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9371608 |
| spellingShingle | Yanpeng Shi Xiaodong Wang Fuhua Yang Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure International Journal of Optics |
| title | Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure |
| title_full | Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure |
| title_fullStr | Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure |
| title_short | Disorder Improves Light Absorption in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells with Hybrid Light Trapping Structure |
| title_sort | disorder improves light absorption in thin film silicon solar cells with hybrid light trapping structure |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9371608 |
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