Semiquantitative model of a porous silicon layer used as a light diffuser in a thin film solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-125

  Ghannam, M Y ^c   Abouelsaood, A A ^a   Nijs, J F ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; HEAT RADIATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS SILICON; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; THIN FILMS;

BOLTZMANN RADIATION TRANSFER EQUATION; FOLDY-TWERSKY'S INTEGRAL EQUATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0033897743     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(99)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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