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The demand for renewable energy is increasing drastically. For that, mankind is ceaselessly making energy metamorphosing devices in an escalating manner. The major hurdle in it is being the effect of optical losses (nonabsorption of light due to its reflection off the solar panel) on the efficiency of solar energy transducer devices. Currently, photovoltaic panel has a maximum on-field efficiency of 23% (whereas average efficiency is between 15 and 18%). This paper provides a review of the recent advancements in solar photovoltaic cells to increase this efficiency and the various techniques used for the same such as interferential layers in 1D (Bragg Refractor)/2D (Bragg Harmonic Coupler)/3D photonic crystals and spectrophotometry coating on photonic enhanced thermionic cells (laser interferometric lithography). It also reviews how photonic crystals reflect only a band of wavelength of constructive and destructive interference and culminates, which technology yields the maximum efficiency, which can also be used to understand how we can increase the on-field efficiency of the panels.
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Pandey, S.V., Ganapuram, S., Singh, A.K. (2021). A Review on Advancements in Photovoltaic Cells. In: Kumar, N., Tibor, S., Sindhwani, R., Lee, J., Srivastava, P. (eds) Advances in Interdisciplinary Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9956-9_23
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