Optimal design of aperiodic, vertical silicon nanowire structures for photovoltaics

Chenxi Lin; Michelle L. Povinelli

doi:10.1364/PV.2011.PThB2

Renewable Energy and the Environment
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011),
paper PThB2
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PV.2011.PThB2

Optimal design of aperiodic, vertical silicon nanowire structures for photovoltaics

Chenxi Lin and Michelle L. Povinelli

Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics 2011

Austin, Texas United States
2–3 November 2011
ISBN: 978-1-55752-920-6

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C. Lin and M. L. Povinelli, "Optimal design of aperiodic, vertical silicon nanowire structures for photovoltaics," in Renewable Energy and the Environment, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2011), paper PThB2.

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Abstract

We use electromagnetic simulations to design an aperiodic, vertically-aligned silicon nanowire array that maximizes solar absorption. We achieved a 2.35 times enhancement in ultimate efficiency compared to a periodic array.

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