Modeling and optimization of white paint back reflectors for thin-film silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Lipovšek, Benjamin ^a   Krč, Janez ^a   Isabella, Olindo ^b   Zeman, Miro ^b   Topič, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; BACK REFLECTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LONG WAVELENGTH; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION; OPTICAL MODELING; OPTICAL SIMULATORS; PAINT FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PIGMENT VOLUME CONCENTRATIONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS; REFLECTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATION RESULT; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WHITE PAINTS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LUMINOUS PAINT; OPTIMIZATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 78650299937     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3512907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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