Anti-reflection and Light Trapping in c-Si Solar Cells [Hardcover]

This book offers essential insights into c-Si based solar cells and fundamentals of reflection, refraction, and light trapping. The basic physics and technology for light trapping in c-Si based solar cells are covered, from traditional to advanced light trapping structures. Further, the book discusses the latest developments in plasmonics for c-Si solar cell applications, along with their future scope and the requirements for further research. The book offers a valuable guide for graduate students, researchers and professionals interested in the latest trends in solar cell technologies.

Solar cells: Overview.- c-Si cell: Physics and Technology.- Principle of dielectric based anti-reflection and light trapping.- Principle of texturization for enhanced light trapping.- Texturing process of c-Si wafers.- Anti-reflection coatings with textured surface for c-Si solar cells.- Advancement in traditional lighting trapping structures.- Plasmonics based advanced anti-reflection and light trapping: Principles and Technology.- Plasmonics based light trapping for c-Si solar cell applications.- Future scope in advanced lighting trapping structure development.

Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki is currently a professor at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. He is an expert on crystalline Si technology, Si-nanostructures (including quantum dots), thin film Si solar cells, PV concentrator systems and carbon nanotubes. He received his Ph.D. from the specialist silicon laboratory, IMEC (Inter-university Micro-electronics Center, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium). He has worked on several state-sponsored and private-sector projects exploring crystalline Si solar cells, both wafer based and thin film nanomaterial based variants. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has sponsored a project titled National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), lƒ}