Effect of self-orderly textured back reflectors on light trapping in thin-film microcrystalline silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AL SUBSTRATE; BACK REFLECTORS; FLAT SUBSTRATES; KEY ISSUES; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NATURAL SURFACE; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SI SOLAR CELLS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CELL MEMBRANES; FILM GROWTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; REFRACTION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM DEVICES;

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EID: 67249149327     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3108689     Document Type: Article

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