Light-trapping structures for thin-film solar cells
We develop broadband light-trapping structures based on regular arrays of nanostructures and microstructures often referred in the modern literature as metamaterials. Our suggested light-trapping structures offer the gain in the optical efficiency of thin-film solar cells of several types without damaging their operational characteristics. These types of photovoltaic devices include thin-film solar cells based on amorphous silicon, organic and perovskite materials.
Publications:
1. Voroshilov, P. M., Ovchinnikov, V., Papadimitratos, A., Zakhidov, A. A., & Simovski, C. R. (2018). Light trapping enhancement by silver nanoantennas in organic solar cells. ACS Photonics, 5(5), 1767-1772.