Photonic crystals in solar cells: A simulation approach

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7725, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Peters, Marius ^a   Rüdiger, Marc ^a   Hermle, Martin ^a   Bläsi, Benedikt ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

diffractive gratings; photonic crystals; simulation method; solar cells

Indexed keywords

COUPLED METHOD; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT; DIFFRACTIVE GRATING; DIFFRACTIVE GRATINGS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; INPUT PARAMETER; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; OPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL PARAMETER; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION METHOD; SIMULATION METHODS; SOLAR CELL SIMULATION; TRANSFER MATRIXES;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77953762464     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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