@inproceedings{faf0f129d5724222ab2adeee969702ce,
title = "Prismatic bioinspired compound lenses for solar cells",
abstract = "A silicon prismatic lens, whose shape is inspired by the apposition compound eyes of some dipterans, was investigated to improve the light-harvesting capability of silicon solar cells. The bioinspired compound lens (BCL) has a fractal construction procedure in which the cross-section of the lens is a frustum of a infinitely long circular cylinder at the zeroth-stage, and is decorated with sections of smaller cylinders at higher stages of construction. We found that the light-coupling efficiency of the best performing first-stage BCL cannot be enhanced by higher-order stages and is significantly superior to other kinds of textured surfaces. By coating the lens with a double layer anti-reflection coating further enhancement of efficiency can be obtained. Our strategy can also be adopted for solar cells not made of silicon.",
author = "Francesco Chiadini and Vincenzo Fiumara and Antonio Scaglione and Akhlesh Lakhtakia",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1117/12.877646",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819485373",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication",
note = "Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication ; Conference date: 07-03-2011 Through 09-03-2011",
}