Light trapping effect of patterned back surface reflectors in substrate-type single and tandem junction thin-film silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-133

  Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a  

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

Author keywords

Light trapping; Texture; Thin film silicon

Indexed keywords

AL SUBSTRATE; BACK REFLECTORS; BOTTOM CELLS; FRONT SURFACES; INFRARED REGIONS; KEY ISSUES; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PATTERNED SUBSTRATES; REAR SIDE; SI SOLAR CELLS; TANDEM CELLS; TANDEM JUNCTION; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 78149360446     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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