A downshifting Eu^3+doped glass embedded with concave pyramid microstructure to improve the efficiency of silicon solar cell

The average photoelectric conversion efficiency(PCE)of a bare mono crystalline silicon solar cell is 14.71%±0.03%under AM1.5.It decreases to 14.20%±0.005%when covering an un-doped flat glass on the solar cell,and it goes down to 14.10%±0.005%by using a 5 wt%Eu^3+doped glass.The absorptions of the Eu^3+doped CPM glass one-to-one match the excitation spectra at 362,381,393,400,413 and464 nm,which are related to the transitions of 7 F0→(5 D4,5 G2,5 L6,5 D3),7 F1→5 D3,and 7 F0→5 D2,respectively.In addition,a concave pyramid microstructure(CPM)is embedded in the glass surface to increase light transmittance.The average PCE increases to 14.61%±0.07%when a 5 wt%Eu^3+doped CPM glass covers on the silicon solar cell.Compared with the un-doped flat glass,a net increase of the PCE is0.41%,where the 0.16%increment of PCE is from the lighting trapping of the CPM structure,and the downshifting of near ultraviolet(NUV)light by Eu^3+ion donates the other 0.25%increment.It confirms that the as-prepared Eu^3+doped CPM glass has a good downshifting and antireflection function.