Impact of front and rear texture of thin-film microcrystalline silicon solar cells on their light trapping properties

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Jia, Haijun ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LOSS; AT-WAVELENGTH; CELL CONFIGURATIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLAT SURFACES; FRONT SURFACES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON; LOSS ANALYSIS; MICRO-ROUGHNESS; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; SUPERSTRATES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; VISIBLE REGION;

ABSORPTION; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; REFLECTION; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; TEXTURES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77956322204     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3467968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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