Photon management in solar cells
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- 2015 is the International Year of Light. While we celebrate past and present triumphs of light sciences, our society is undergoing an inevitable and far-reaching transition from indirect, inefficient, and non-renewable to direct, efficient, and renewable methods to utilize the energy from sunlight. Fossil fuels allow us to use solar energy captured by ancient biological materials, which did not necessarily evolve to maximize the energy harvesting efficiency. As we continue to deprive the natural resources, they will be increasingly too costly to recover and too valuable to burn, not to mention present and future environmental externalities. The optimal method to harvest the abundant solar energy consists of using solar cells, which absorb sunlight in semiconductors and convert the photon energy to more easily usable forms. With an array of maturing technologies such as concentration, storage, and smart grid, the solar industry is expected to grow substantially at least in the long run. An optoelectronic device, the solar cell requires photon management for efficiency enhancement and cost reduction, both of which are critical for any commercial success. With these objectives in mind, this dissertation concerns the optimal use of photonic methods for the improvement of optical and electronic performances of solar cells.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2015 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Wang, Xingze |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics. |
| Primary advisor | Fan, Shanhui, 1972- |
| Primary advisor | Harris, J. S. (James Stewart), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Fan, Shanhui, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Harris, J. S. (James Stewart), 1942- |
| Thesis advisor | Digonnet, Michel J. F |
| Advisor | Digonnet, Michel J. F |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Xingze Wang. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Applied Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2015. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2015 by Xingze Wang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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