Photocurrent increase in n-i-p thin film silicon solar cells by guided mode excitation via grating coupler

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Söderström, Karin ^a   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Escarŕ, Jordi ^a   Cubero, Oscar ^a,b   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PHENOMENA; ANGULAR VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GRATING COUPLERS; GRATING COUPLING; GRATING STRUCTURES; GUIDED MODES; MULTI-LAYER SYSTEM; SINGLE JUNCTION; THEORETICAL VALUES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

FILM PREPARATION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77956261393     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3435481     Document Type: Article

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