Using Near IR Scattering Nanoparticles to Improve Transparent Solar Cell Efficiency

Duncan C. Wheeler; Yichen Shen; Marin Soljačić

doi:10.1364/FIO.2016.FTu1F.5

Frontiers in Optics 2016
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2016),
paper FTu1F.5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2016.FTu1F.5

Using Near IR Scattering Nanoparticles to Improve Transparent Solar Cell Efficiency

Duncan C. Wheeler, Yichen Shen, and Marin Soljačić

Frontiers in Optics 2016

Rochester, New York United States
17–21 October 2016
ISBN: 978-1-943580-19-4

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D. C. Wheeler, Y. Shen, and M. Soljačić, "Using Near IR Scattering Nanoparticles to Improve Transparent Solar Cell Efficiency," in Frontiers in Optics 2016, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2016), paper FTu1F.5.

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Abstract

We use near IR scattering nanoparticles and a wavelength selective mirror to create a light trapping effect. When used with a transparent solar cell, theoretical calculations show that efficiency can double without decreasing transparency.

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