Photon management in solar cells / edited by Ralf B. Wehrspohn, Uwe Rau and Andreas Gombert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wehrspohn, Ralf B., editor.

Rau, U. (Uwe), editor.

Gombert, Andreas, editor.

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Solar cells.

Photonics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (847 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim, Germany : WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015.

Summary:

Ralf B. Wehrspohn studied physics at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, and received his Ph.D. degree from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris in 1997. Until 1999 he worked on thin-film transistors for AMLCDs at Philips Research. From 1999 until 2003 he led the Porous Materials/Photonic Crystals group at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, after which he held a chair at the Physics department of the University of Paderborn for three years. Since 2006, he has been the director of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Mechanics of Materials and a Professor of Physics at the Marti

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Title Page; Related Titles; Copyright; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Current Concepts for Optical Path Enhancement in Solar Cells; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Planar Antireflection Coatings; 1.3 Optical Path Enhancement in the Ray Optical Limit; 1.4 Scattering Structures for Optical Path Enhancement; 1.5 Resonant Structures for Optical Path Enhancement; 1.6 Ultra-Light Trapping; 1.7 Energy-Selective Structures as Intermediate Reflectors for Optical Path Enhancement in Tandem Solar Cells; 1.8 Comparison of the Concepts; 1.9 Conclusion; References

Chapter 2: The Principle of Detailed Balance and the Opto-Electronic Properties of Solar Cells2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Opto-Electronic Reciprocity; 2.3 Connection to Other Reciprocity Theorems; 2.4 Applications of the Opto-Electronic Reciprocity Theorem; 2.5 Limitations to the Opto-Electronic Reciprocity Theorem; 2.6 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Rear Side Diffractive Gratings for Silicon Wafer Solar Cells; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Principle of Light Trapping with Gratings; 3.3 Fundamental Limits of Light Trapping with Gratings; 3.4 Simulation of Gratings in Solar Cells; 3.5 Realization

3.6 Topographical Characterization3.7 Summary; References; Chapter 4: Randomly Textured Surfaces; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology; 4.3 Properties of an Isolated Interface; 4.4 Single-Junction Solar Cell; 4.5 Intermediate Layer in Tandem Solar Cells; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Black Silicon Photovoltaics; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Optical Properties and Light Trapping Possibilities; 5.3 Surface Passivation of Black Silicon; 5.4 Black Silicon Solar Cells; References; Chapter 6: Concentrator Optics for Photovoltaic Systems; 6.1 Fundamentals of Solar Concentration

6.2 Optical Designs6.3 Silicone on Glass Fresnel Lenses; 6.4 Considerations on Concentrators in HCPV Systems; 6.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Light-Trapping in Solar Cells by Directionally Selective Filters; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Theory; 7.3 Filter Systems; 7.4 Experimental Realization; 7.5 Summary and Outlook; References; Chapter 8: Linear Optics of Plasmonic Concepts to Enhance Solar Cell Performance; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Metal Nanoparticles; 8.3 Surface-Plasmon Polaritons; 8.4 Front-Side Plasmonic Nanostructures; 8.5 Rear-Side Plasmonic Nanostructures; 8.6 Further Concepts

8.7 SummaryAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 9: Up-conversion Materials for Enhanced Efficiency of Solar Cells; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Up-Conversion in Er3+-Doped ZBLAN Glasses; 9.3 Up-Conversion in Er3+-Doped β-NaYF4; 9.4 Simulating Up-Conversion with a Rate Equation Model; 9.5 Increasing Up-Conversion Efficiencies; 9.6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10: Down-Conversion in Rare-Earth Doped Glasses and Glass Ceramics; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Physical Background; 10.3 Down-Conversion in ZBLAN Glasses and Glass Ceramics

10.4 Down-Conversion in Sm-Doped Borate Glasses for High-Efficiency CdTe Solar Cells

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed April 13, 2016).

ISBN:

9783527665693

3527665692

9783527665662

3527665668

9783527665686

3527665684

OCLC:

908101163