Efficiency Enhancement of InGaN-Based Solar Cells via Stacking Layers of Light-Harvesting Nanospheres

Amal M. Alamri; Po-Han Fu; Kun-Yu Lai; Hsin-Ping Wang; Lain-Jong Li; Jr-Hau He

doi:10.1038/srep28671

Efficiency Enhancement of InGaN-Based Solar Cells via Stacking Layers of Light-Harvesting Nanospheres

Amal M. Alamri, Po-Han Fu, Kun-Yu Lai, Hsin-Ping Wang, Lain-Jong Li, Jr-Hau He

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An effective light-harvesting scheme for InGaN-based multiple quantum well solar cells is demonstrated using stacking layers of polystyrene nanospheres. Light-harvesting efficiencies on the solar cells covered with varied stacks of nanospheres are evaluated through numerical and experimental methods. The numerical simulation reveals that nanospheres with 3 stacking layers exhibit the most improved optical absorption and haze ratio as compared to those obtained by monolayer nanospheres. The experimental demonstration, agreeing with the theoretical analyses, shows that the application of 3-layer nanospheres improves the conversion efficiency of the solar cell by ~31%.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep28671
State	Published - Jun 24 2016

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Acknowledgements: This work was supported by King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), and National Central University.

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