Influence of texture feature size on the optical performance of silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-36

  Llopis, F ^a   Tobias I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffraction grating; Silicon solor cells; Texturing

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON WAFERS; TEXTURES; VECTORS;

ANISOTROPIC ETCHING; COLUMN VECTORS; LIGHT TRAPPING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 13244252348     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.571     Document Type: Article

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