Light Trapping, Absorption and Solar Energy Harvesting by Artificial Materials

John, Sajeev¹ 

[1] Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)

关键词: light-trapping;    photonic crystals;    high-efficiency thin-film solar cells;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1167261
RP-ID  :  DOE-TORONTO--46754
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1167261

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

We have studied light trapping in conical pore silicon photonic crystal architectures. We find considerable improvement in solar absorption (relative to nanowires) in a square lattice of conical nano-pores.