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Title: Light Trapping, Absorption and Solar Energy Harvesting by Artificial Materials

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1167261· OSTI ID:1167261
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  1. Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)

We have studied light trapping in conical pore silicon photonic crystal architectures. We find considerable improvement in solar absorption (relative to nanowires) in a square lattice of conical nano-pores.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0004868
OSTI ID:
1167261
Report Number(s):
DOE-TORONTO-46754
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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