Improvement of the efficiency of Si solar cells using nano-microscale combination patterns

Solar cells have a high reported energy conversion efficiency level according to various techniques. The energy conversion efficiency, however, is limited by the reflection of the light at the packaging glass surface. For this reason, some research groups are focused on nano/micro scale patterns. Nano/micro scale patterns can increase the energy conversion efficiency by means of light absorption. In this paper, we used three types of master stamps 300 nm pitch of a moth-eye pattern, a micro lens, and a hole pattern with a 200 nm diameter. These patterns were fabricated using UV-nanoimprint lithography on a cover glass which served as a protective layer of a Si solar cell. In additional, the transmittance and conversion efficiency of single-crystal Si solar cell were measured. Consequently, the conversion efficiency of a Si solar cell was found to increase from 16.69% to 18.16%.