Opal-Like Photonic Structuring of Perovskite Solar Cells Using a Genetic Algorithm Approach

Lobet, Michaël; Mayer, Alexandre; Maho, Anthony; Piron, Pierre; Dewalque, Jennifer; Henrist, Catherine; Loicq, Jerôme

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Opal-Like Photonic Structuring of Perovskite Solar Cells Using a Genetic Algorithm Approach

Lobet, Michaël; Mayer, Alexandre; Maho, Anthony et al.

2020 • In Applied Sciences

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photonique; perovskite; photovoltaique

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[en] Light management is an important area of photovoltaic research, but little is known about it in perovskite solar cells. The present work numerically studies the positive effect of structuring the photo-active layer of perovskite material. This structuration consists of a hybrid absorbing layer made of an uniform part and an opal-like part. A genetic algorithm approach allows us to determine the optimal combination among more than 1.4 􀵈 10􀬽 potential combinations. The optimal combination provides an internal quantum efficiency of 98.1%, nearly 2% higher than for an equivalent unstructured photo-active layer. The robustness of the optimum against potential experimental deviations, as well as the angular dependency of the proposed structure, are examined in the present study.

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Lobet, Michaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

Mayer, Alexandre; Université de Namur - UNamur > Département de Physique > Laboratoire de Physique du Solide

Maho, Anthony ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > LCIS - GreenMAT

Piron, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL

Dewalque, Jennifer ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > LCIS - GreenMAT

Henrist, Catherine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de chimie (sciences) > LCIS - GreenMAT

Loicq, Jerôme ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)

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English

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Opal-Like Photonic Structuring of Perovskite Solar Cells Using a Genetic Algorithm Approach

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2020

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Applied Sciences

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2076-3417

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ELSSOL; ARC - Actions de Recherche Concertée

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FWB - Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles [BE]

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