Two- and three-dimensional folding of thin film single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic power applications

Guo, Xiaoying; Li, Huan; Ahn, Bok Yeop; Duoss, Eric B.; Hsia, K. Jimmy; Lewis, Jennifer A.; Nuzzo, Ralph G.

doi:10.1073/pnas.0907390106

Title: Two- and three-dimensional folding of thin film single-crystalline silicon for photovoltaic power applications

Journal Article · 01 December 2009 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907390106 · OSTI ID:1876588

Guo, Xiaoying ^[1]; Li, Huan ^[2]; Ahn, Bok Yeop ^[2]; Duoss, Eric B. ^[2]; Hsia, K. Jimmy ^[2]; Lewis, Jennifer A. ^[2]; Nuzzo, Ralph G. ^[2]

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States); University of Illinois
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States)

Fabrication of 3D electronic structures in the micrometer-to-millimeter range is extremely challenging due to the inherently 2D nature of most conventional wafer-based fabrication methods. Self-assembly, and the related method of self-folding of planar patterned membranes, provide a promising means to solve this problem. Here, we investigate self-assembly processes driven by wetting interactions to shape the contour of a functional, nonplanar photovoltaic (PV) device. A mechanics model based on the theory of thin plates is developed to identify the critical conditions for self-folding of different 2D geometrical shapes. This strategy is demonstrated for specifically designed millimeter-scale silicon objects, which are self-assembled into spherical, and other 3D shapes and integrated into fully functional light-trapping PV devices. The resulting 3D devices offer a promising way to efficiently harvest solar energy in thin cells using concentrator microarrays that function without active light tracking systems.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46471

OSTI ID:: 1876588

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 48 Vol. 106; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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