Potential of diffraction gratings for implementation as a metal back reflector in thin-film silicon solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6963-6967

  Campa A ^a   Krc J ^a   Smole, F ^a   Topic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Back reflector; Diffraction gratings; Optical simulations; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONMETALS; OPTICAL LOSSES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRECIOUS METALS; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WASTEWATER;

(100) SILICON; ABSORPTANCE; BACK REFLECTOR (BR); COUPLED ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); IN ORDER; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT WAVELENGTHS; LONGER WAVELENGTHS (1.5-3.0 A); OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PERIODIC DIFFRACTION; SILICON-BASED; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TOTAL REFLECTANCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D) NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 45849140186     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2007.12.051     Document Type: Article

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