期刊
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
卷 8, 期 37, 页码 24536-24542出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b05734
关键词
whispering gallery modes; absorptivity enhancement; photocurrent enhancement; microresonator; antireflection coatings
资金
- University of Maryland
- Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship
- Future Faculty Program at the University of Maryland
To increase the power conversion efficiency of solar cells, improved antireflection coatings are needed to couple light into the cell with minimal parasitic loss. Here, we present measurements and simulations of an antireflection coating based on silicon dioxide (SiO2) nanospheres that improve solar cell absorption by coupling light from free space into the absorbing layer through excitation of modes within the nanospheres. The deposited monolayer of nanospheres leads to a significant increase in light absorption-within an underlying semiconductor on the order of 15-20%. When the periodicity and spacing between the nanospheres are varied, whispering gallery-like modes can be excited and tuned throughout the visible spectrum. The coating was applied to a Si solar cell containing a Si3N4 antireflection layer, and an additional increase in the spectral current density of 5% was found. The fabrication process, involving Meyer rod rolling, is scalable and inexpensive and could enable large-scale manufacturability of microresonator-based photovoltaics.
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