Microstructured design of metallic diffraction gratings for light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells

Optics Communications

Volumn 283, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 5236-5244

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

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metallic diffraction gratings; Optical design; Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis; Thin film silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORBER LAYERS; BACK REFLECTORS; DIFFRACTION ORDERS; LIGHT COLLECTION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METALLIC DIFFRACTION; MICROSTRUCTURED; MODAL TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78049248849     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2010.07.052     Document Type: Article

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