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    • Materials Science
    • Renewable Energy Engineering
    • Optics

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    • Light trapping is crucial for improving solar energy conversion in photovoltaic (PV) devices.
    • Existing light trapping technologies offer limited performance enhancements for solar panels.
    • There is a need for advanced light trapping solutions that can be integrated into or retrofitted onto existing and new PV systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To design and evaluate novel multi-layer light trapping structures for enhanced optical collection in silicon solar panels.
    • To assess the performance improvements at both normal and extreme angles of incidence.
    • To explore the potential for retrofitting or direct integration of these structures onto crystalline and amorphous silicon solar panels.

    Main Methods:

    • Design of multi-layer optical structures for light trapping.
    • Integration and retrofitting onto crystalline and amorphous silicon solar panels.
    • Optical performance evaluation at various angles of incidence, including normal and extreme ranges.
    • Combination with high refractive index materials to further enhance light trapping.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed multi-layer structures can improve daily optical collection by up to 7.18% (retrofitted) and 159.93% (integrated) without additional materials.
    • Combining multi-layer optics with high refractive index materials achieved a daily optical collection enhancement of up to 32.20% beyond leading light trapping structures.
    • The designs show potential for significant performance gains compared to existing research and commercial light trapping technologies.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed additive multi-layer light trapping designs offer substantial improvements in solar panel optical collection efficiency.
    • These structures can be tailored for specific applications, including building exteriors and unmanned aerial vehicles, by optimizing for unique angular ranges.
    • The technology holds promise for upgrading older photovoltaic technologies and enhancing the performance of new solar panel designs.