Abstract
Light trapping and the broadband absorption of the solar radiation is of interest to solar energy applications. In the current work, we report a new paradigm for light trapping, that is light trapping based on arrays of subwavelength nonimaging light concentrators (NLCs). We numerically show that NLC arrays provide ~50% broadband absorption enhancement of the solar radiation compared with that of optimized nanopillar arrays. We show that CPC arrays (in contrast to nanopillar arrays) function as anti-transmission layers.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1076-1077 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
| Event | 11th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, META 2021 - Warsaw, Poland Duration: 20 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Materials Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Science (miscellaneous)
