3D photonic crystal intermediate reflector for micromorph thin-film tandem solar cell

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2796-2810

  Bielawny, Andreas ^a   Üpping, Johannes ^a   Miclea, Paul T ^a   Wehrspohn, Ralf B ^a   Rockstuhl, Carsten ^b   Lederer, Falk ^b   Peters, Marius ^c   Steidl, Lorenz ^d   Zentel, Rudolf ^d   Lee, Seung Mo ^e   Knez, Mato ^e   Lambertz, Andreas ^f   Carius, Reinhard ^f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ANGLE OF INCIDENCES; ATOMIC LAYERS; BACK CONTACTS; BOTTOM CELLS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITIONS; CURRENT MATCHING; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; HIGH CURRENT DENSITIES; INTER-LAYERS; INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; INVERTED OPALS; LONG WAVELENGTHS; MICROMORPH; OPTICAL BANDS; REAR SIDES; REFLECTIVE LAYERS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENTS; SI SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRAL RESPONSES; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; TOP CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CELLS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FILM PREPARATION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THICK FILMS; THIN FILM DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 57349186564     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200880455     Document Type: Article

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