Light trapping in layer-transferred quasi-monocrystalline porous silicon solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-64

  Majumdar, D ^a,b   Chatterjee, S ^a   Dhar, M ^a,c   Dutta, S K ^a,d   Saha, H ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RRR Mahavidyalaya   (India)

^c VIDYASAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

^d City College   (India)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Porous silicon; Quasi monocrystalline porous silicon (QMPS) layer; Quasi monocrystalline silicon (QMS) layer; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POROSITY; POROUS SILICON; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

LIGHT TRAPPING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037473591     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00254-4     Document Type: Article

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