@inproceedings{c40858302bf64322bfa97f270c39655a,
title = "Comparison of bioinspired hillock and pit textures for silicon solar cells",
abstract = "Inspired by the apposition compound eyes of some dipterans, we analyzed the effect of texturing the exposed face of a silicon solar cell by ray-tracing simulation. Bioinspired textures of two types were considered: hillock textures and pit textures. A multifrequency analysis-that took into account the broadband nature of solar radiation and its amplitude at the sea-level, as well as the wavelength dependence of the complex-valued refractive index of silicon-showed that both types of bioinspired textures are beneficial. We found that the light-coupling efficiency can be enhanced by as much as 20% and 24% with respect to that of a flat surface when the exposed face of a silicon solar cell is decorated with the bioinspired hillock texture and the bioinspired pit texture, respectively.",
author = "Francesco Chiadini and Vincenzo Fiumara and Antonio Scaglione and Akhlesh Lakhtakia",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2041742",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819499813",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2014",
address = "United States",
note = "Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication 2014 ; Conference date: 10-03-2014 Through 12-03-2014",
}