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Record W4415981695 · doi:10.1002/adom.202501781

Integration of Laser‐Patterned Photonic Crystals in Si Solar Cells

2025· article· en· W4415981695 on OpenAlex
Michael Rienäcker, Udo Römer, Jan Krügener, Jovan Maksimovic, Tomas Katkus, Dominyka Stonytė, Soon Hock Ng, Haoran Mu, Nguyen Hoai An Le, Zahra Khajehsaeidimahabadi, Gediminas Seniutinas, Justas Baltrukonis, Orestas Ulčinas, Mindaugas Mikutis, Vytautas Sabonis, Yoshiaki Nishijima, Sajeev John, Saulius Juodkazis, Robby Peibst

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Bibliographic record

VenueAdvanced Optical Materials · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMaterials Science
TopicSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
FundersInstitute of Gender and HealthH2020 European Research CouncilLeibniz-GemeinschaftAustralian Research CouncilHORIZON EUROPE Framework ProgrammeBundesministerium für Wirtschaft und KlimaschutzEuropean CommissionAustralian National Fabrication FacilityAustralian GovernmentSwinburne University of Technology
KeywordsFemtosecondPassivationSiliconMonocrystalline siliconLaserSolar cellPlasmonic solar cellAbsorption (acoustics)Quantum dot solar cell

Abstract

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Abstract Photonic crystal (PhC) light trapping is predicted to enhance absorption beyond the Lambertian limit, potentially increasing silicon solar cell efficiencies above 28%. However, integrating PhC structures into high‐efficiency devices at scale remains challenging. PhC textures are integrated into back‐contacted silicon solar cells by combining femtosecond laser ablation of alumina masks with dry etching. Excellent surface passivation is maintained using an isotropic defect‐removal process based on ammonia peroxide mixture (APM). This preserves the front‐side texture and keeps optical reflection low. The PhC‐patterned cells deliver minority carrier lifetimes and carrier collection efficiencies comparable to state‐of‐the‐art high efficiency devices. A certified efficiency of 23.1% is achieved. The quantum efficiency of the thick (190–290 µm) solar cells, however, shows no clear wave‐optical resonances under standard conditions, despite the high structural and electronic quality. Scalability is improved by applying direct laser writing with Gaussian and Bessel beams and developing a periodically anchored mask design. This enables uniform, large‐area patterning. These advancements mark a key step toward the practical implementation of PhC‐enhanced silicon photovoltaics.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.007
GPT teacher head0.255
Teacher spread0.249 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it