Microstructured design for light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells

Optical Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Jian ^a   Wang, Qingkang ^a   Li, Haihua ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

Grating; Optical design; Rigorous coupled wave analysis; Thin film silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; BACK REFLECTORS; GRATING; LIGHT COLLECTION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METALLIC DIFFRACTION; MICROSTRUCTURED; MODAL TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; PATH LENGTH; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMITTED LIGHT; ZERO REFLECTIONS;

DIFFRACTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955782906     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3476334     Document Type: Article

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