@inproceedings{dccc1090c3184cf2b2d6b87f13fe3c09,
title = "A new bioinspired pit texture to enhance the light-coupling efficiency of silicon solar cells",
abstract = "Pit and hillock textures enhance the light-coupling efficiency of silicon solar cells. In a bioinspired pit/hillock texturing scheme, inspired by the compound eye of the common housefly, the surface of the silicon solar cell is textured as an array of parallel and equally spaced grooves/prisms whose cross-section is a circular segment that is decorated further by smaller equally spaced circular grooves/prisms. Complementary examples of both textures had been recently analyzed over the wavelength range [400,1100] nm under the rubric of geometrical optics. Here, we consider a new bioinspired pit texture and show that it leads to a light-coupling efficiency significantly greater than that of a flat silicon surface but intermediate between those of the previously analyzed hillock and pit textures.",
author = "Francesco Chiadini and Antonio Scaglione and Vincenzo Fiumara and Akhlesh Lakhtakia",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/ICECom.2013.6684719",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9789536037667",
series = "ICECom 2013 - Conference Proceedings: 21st International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
booktitle = "ICECom 2013 - Conference Proceedings",
address = "United States",
note = "21st International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, ICECom 2013 ; Conference date: 14-10-2013 Through 16-10-2013",
}