Efficiency enhancement in Si solar cells by textured photonic crystal back reflector

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Zeng, L ^a   Yi, Y ^a   Hong, C ^a   Liu, J ^a   Feng, N ^a   Duan, X ^a   Kimerling, L C ^a   Alamariu, B A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSIDE REFLECTORS; OPTICAL PATH; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

CRYSTALS; MIRRORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33748683797     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2349845     Document Type: Article

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