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    • Materials Science and Engineering
    • Optics and Photonics
    • Renewable Energy Technologies

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    • High-efficiency solar cells require optimal light absorption, typically achieved through surface texturing.
    • Directly patterning light-absorbing layers degrades electrical properties due to increased surface area and defects, reducing solar cell efficiency.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To theoretically explore a transformation optics (TrO) inspired approach to overcome the limitations of surface texturing in solar cells.
    • To design a light-trapping structure with equivalent optical functionality but improved electrical properties compared to traditional textured surfaces.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized transformation optics (TrO) principles to map nanopatterned textures onto a planar equivalent.
    • Employed Schwarz-Christoffel mappings to ensure conformal transformations for the optical design.
    • Proposed planar, inhomogeneous, dielectric-only materials for the light-trapping structure.

    Main Results:

    • Developed a theoretical framework for creating planar light-trapping structures that mimic the optical performance of textured surfaces.
    • Demonstrated that the proposed TrO-based approach can maintain or improve electrical properties by avoiding direct patterning of the absorber layer.

    Conclusions:

    • The transformation optics approach offers a novel strategy for designing efficient light-trapping structures in planar solar cells.
    • This method circumvents the detrimental effects of surface patterning on electrical performance, paving the way for next-generation solar cell designs.