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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 21, Issue 9, Pages A460-A468Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A460
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- European Network of Excellence Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency
- ERC through the Advanced Grant PhotBots
- ENI S.p.A. Novara
- CNR-EFOR
- CNR-Fotonica2015
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The effect of periodic and disordered photonic structures on the absorption efficiency of amorphous and crystalline Silicon thin-film solar cells is investigated numerically. We show that disordered patterns possessing a short-range correlation in the position of the holes yield comparable, or even superior, absorption enhancements than periodic (photonic crystal) patterns. This work provides clear evidence that non-deterministic photonic structures represent a viable alternative strategy for photon management in thin-film solar cells, thereby opening the route towards more efficient and potentially cheaper photovoltaic technologies. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
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