An effective light trapping configuration for thin-film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Rim, Seung Bum ^a   Zhao, Shanbin ^a   Scully, Shawn R ^a   McGehee, Michael D ^a   Peumans, Peter ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; THIN FILMS;

LIGHT TRAPPING; POLYMER CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 37149037420     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2789677     Document Type: Article

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