Multidirectional Polymer Waveguide Lattices for Enhanced Ultrawide-Angle Light Capture in Silicon Solar Cells.

ABSTRACT: We report the synthesis and characterization of a polymer thin-film structure consisting of two intersecting broadband optical waveguide lattices, and its performance in wide-angle optical energy collection and conversion in silicon solar cells. The structures are synthetically organized via the concurrent irradiation of photoreactive polymer blends by two arrays of intersecting, microscale optical beams transmitted through the medium. Through optical beam-induced photopolymerization and photopolymerization-induced phase separation, well-organized lattices are produced comprising of cylindrical core-cladding waveguide architectures that intersect one another. The optical waveguide properties of the lattices transform the transmission characteristics of the polymer film so that incident opt

SUBMITTER: Ding N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9400022 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature