Efficiently Harvesting Sun Light for Silicon Solar Cells through Advanced Optical Couplers and A Radial p-n Junction Structure

Efficiently Harvesting Sun Light for Silicon Solar Cells through Advanced Optical Couplers and A Radial p-n Junction Structure

Silicon-based solar cells (SCs) promise to be an alternative energy source mainly due to: (1) a high efficiency-to-cost ratio, (2) the absence of environmental-degradation issues, and (3) great reliability. Transition from wafer-based to thin-film SC significantly reduces the cost of SCs, including...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Cheng Lee, Shich-Chuan Wu, Tien-Chung Yang, Ta-Jen Yen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-04-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
solar energy
silicon solar cells
thin-film solar cells
photovoltaics
photonic crystals
surface plasmon
particles plasmon
plasmonic structure
radial p-n junction
silicon nanowires
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/3/4/784/

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