Mie scattering enhanced near-infrared light response of thin-film silicon solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nunomura, S ^a   Minowa, A ^a   Sai, H ^a   Kondo, M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MIE SCATTERING; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; NEAR INFRARED REGION; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; SUB-CELLS; SUBMICRON-SIZED; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; SCATTERING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 77955738243     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3478465     Document Type: Article

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