Novel porous silicon backside light reflector for thin silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 423-432

  Zettner, J ^a,d   Thoenissen, M ^b   Hierl, Th ^a   Brendel, R ^a   Schulz, M ^a,c  

^a Bayerisches Zentrum F Angew E   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Lehrstuhl Angewandte Physik   (Germany)

^d BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CURRENT DENSITY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFLECTION; POROUS SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SUBSTRATES;

OPTICAL CONFINEMENT;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0032209031     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-159x(199811/12)6:6<423::aid-pip233>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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