Light trapping in thin-film μc-si: h solar cells using self-ordered 2D grating reflector

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1153, Issue , 2009, Pages 29-40

  Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Kanamori, Yoshiaki ^b   Kondo, Michio ^a  

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

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT SCATTERING; REFLECTION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

2D GRATING; BACK REFLECTORS; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; REAR SIDE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 77951108277     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/proc-1153-a03-03     Document Type: Conference Paper

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