Patented nanostructure for solar cells: Rough optics, smooth surface
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 - 06:33
in Physics & Chemistry
Thin-film solar cells made of crystalline silicon are inexpensive and achieve efficiencies of around 14 percent. However, they could do even better if their shiny surfaces reflected less light. A team led by Prof. Christiane Becker from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has now patented a sophisticated new solution to this problem