Investigations of materials and metasurfaces for solar cells efficiency optimization

Speaker:

Ana Barar
Polytechnic University of Bucharest

Title:

"Investigations of materials and metasurfaces for solar cells efficiency optimization"

Abstract:

Photovoltaic technology has established itself as one of the main contenders to replace fossil fuels as the principal source of energy, due to worldwide accessibility of sunlight, and the minimal impact this technology has on the environment. Extensive research has been conducted in the fields of materials science, metasurfaces engineering, and optics, which has led to an increase in the efficiency of solar cells from 14% to 40%. This enhancement has been made possible by means of doping, device structure optimization, or addition of light-trapping surfaces. This talk explores a series of studies and simulations carried out on material properties, metasurface designs, and device structures, with the purpose of solar cells efficiency optimization.

Bio:

Ana Barar (she/her) is a tenured Lecturer of Materials Science for Electronics, at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. She has a PhD in Electronics Engineering, from the same university. Her research interests include design and simulation of metasurfaces for RF and optical applications, organic/inorganic materials for solar cells, simulation and theoretical analysis of excitonic solar cells.