Scalable High-Efficiency Thin Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells Enabled by Light-Trapping Nanostructures
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:1151776
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey)
This report summarizes the research activities of the Chen group at MIT over the last two years pertaining to our research effort developing and proving light-trapping designs for ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells. We present a new world record efficiency for a sub-20-micron crystalline silicon device, as well as details on the combined photonic/electronic transport simulation we developed for photovoltaic applications.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0005320
- OSTI ID:
- 1151776
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-MIT-05320
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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