Towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells with nanopatterned metallic front contact

Ines Massiot; Clement Colin; Nicolas Vandamme; Nathalie Bardou; Jean Luc Pelouard; Pere Roca I Cabarrocas; Christophe Sauvan; Philippe Lalanne; Stephane Collin

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744089

Towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells with nanopatterned metallic front contact

Ines Massiot
, Clement Colin
, Nicolas Vandamme
, Nathalie Bardou
, Jean Luc Pelouard
, Pere Roca I Cabarrocas
, Christophe Sauvan
, Philippe Lalanne
, Stephane Collin

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Abstract

We propose a novel design using multi-resonant absorption to achieve efficient light-trapping in ultra-thin (< 100 nm) solar cells. It is based on a patterned metallic layer which i) strongly confines light in an ultra-thin and flat absorber layer and ii) plays the role of a front contact combining high optical transparency and good electrical conductivity. This versatile approach is applied to different solar cells materials (a-Si:H, GaAs) and geometries of the patterned film (1D or 2D). We demonstrate a theoretical conversion efficiency over 20 % using a 2D silver nanogrid to enhance absorption in a 25 nm-thick GaAs absorber layer. First demonstrators were fabricated and optically characterized. This work should pave the way towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	17-21
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781479932993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744089
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Event	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 - Tampa, FL, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2013 → 21 Jun 2013

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Name	Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference
ISSN (Print)	0160-8371

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Conference	39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013
Country/Territory	United States
City	Tampa, FL
Period	16/06/13 → 21/06/13

Keywords

Amorphous silicon
GaAs
Light trapping
Photovoltaic cells
Plasmonics
Thin-film

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Massiot, I., Colin, C., Vandamme, N., Bardou, N., Pelouard, J. L., Roca I Cabarrocas, P., Sauvan, C., Lalanne, P., & Collin, S. (2013). Towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells with nanopatterned metallic front contact. In 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013 (pp. 17-21). Article 6744089 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744089

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Massiot, I, Colin, C, Vandamme, N, Bardou, N, Pelouard, JL, Roca I Cabarrocas, P, Sauvan, C, Lalanne, P & Collin, S 2013, Towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells with nanopatterned metallic front contact. in 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013., 6744089, Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 17-21, 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013, Tampa, FL, United States, 16/06/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2013.6744089

Towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells with nanopatterned metallic front contact. / Massiot, Ines; Colin, Clement; Vandamme, Nicolas et al.
39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2013. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2013. p. 17-21 6744089 (Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference).

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Towards high-efficiency ultra-thin solar cells with nanopatterned metallic front contact

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