ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Colloidal Lithography for Photovoltaics: An Attractive Route for Light Management.
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- Flexible Embedded Metal Meshes by Nanosphere Lithography for Very Low Sheet Resistance Transparent Electrodes, Joule Heating, and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding.ACS applied electronic materials · 2025Article
- Capillary Wave-Assisted Colloidal Assembly.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025Article
- Grayscale Lithography and a Brief Introduction to Other Widely Used Lithographic Methods: A State-of-the-Art Review.Micromachines · 2024Review
- Understanding the Potential of Light Absorption in Dots-in-Host Semiconductors.ACS photonics · 2024Article
- Dielectric light-trapping nanostructure for enhanced light absorption in organic solar cells.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Characterization of Chiral Nanostructured Surfaces Made via Colloidal Lithography.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Dewetting-Induced Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers Templated by Colloidal Crystals.Polymers · 2023Article
- Self-rolling of vanadium dioxide nanomembranes for enhanced multi-level solar modulation.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Copper-Arsenic-Sulfide Thin-Films from Local Raw Materials Deposited via RF Co-Sputtering for Photovoltaics.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Energy Applications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Simple Self-Assembly Strategy of Nanospheres on 3D Substrate and Its Application for Enhanced Textured Silicon Solar Cell.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
The pursuit of ever-more efficient, reliable, and affordable solar cells has pushed the development of nano/micro-technological solutions capable of boosting photovoltaic (PV) performance without significantly increasing costs. One of the most relevant solutions is based on light management via photonic wavelength-sized structures, as these enable pronounced efficiency improvements by reducing reflection and by trapping the light inside the devices. Furthermore, optimized microstructured coatings allow self-cleaning functionality via effective water repulsion, which reduces the accumulation of dust and particles that cause shading. Nevertheless, when it comes to market deployment, nano/micro-patterning strategies can only find application in the PV industry if their integration does not require high additional costs or delays in high-throughput solar cell manufacturing. As such, colloidal lithography (CL) is considered the preferential structuring method for PV, as it is an inexpensive and highly scalable soft-patterning technique allowing nanoscopic precision over indefinitely large areas. Tuning specific parameters, such as the size of colloids, shape, monodispersity, and final arrangement, CL enables the production of various templates/masks for different purposes and applications. This review intends to compile several recent high-profile works on this subject and how they can influence the future of solar electricity.
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