A highly efficient light-trapping structure for thin-film silicon solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-115

  Zhao, L ^a,b   Zuo, Y H ^b   Zhou, C L ^a   Li, H L ^a   Diao, H W ^a   Wang, W J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Diffraction grating; Distributed Bragg reflector; Light trapping; Metal reflector; Thin film silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; AIR MASS; ANTIREFLECTION; C-SI SOLAR CELL; DBR; DIFFRACTIVE GRATING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; SOLAR SPECTRUM; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELL; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

BRAGG CELLS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; METALS; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; TIN;

LIGHT;

DIFFRACTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; REFLECTANCE; SILICON; SILVER; SOLAR POWER; TIN;

EID: 72149091971     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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