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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 40, Issue 7, Pages 1290-1293Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.40.001290
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- State High-Tech Development Plan of China (863 Program) [2011AA050518]
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Here we report on an efficient light-coupling scheme with a periodic microstructured surface to enhance the performance of thin film silicon solar cells. The centerpiece of the surface structure is the hemispherical pit arrays (HPAs), which are fabricated using an inexpensive and scalable process. The integration of HPAs into micromorph tandem thin film silicon solar cells leads to superior broadband reflection suppression properties. With this design, the reflection losses of the tandem cell are reduced to only 1.5%. We demonstrate an efficiency increase from 11.67% to 12.23% compared to a conventional cell with a flat surface, with a 4.6% increase in short circuit current density. The surface microstructures reported here can be applied to a variety of photovoltaic devices to further improve their performance. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
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