Two-dimensional photonic crystal for absorption enhancement in hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin film solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Gomard, Guillaume ^a,b   Drouard, Emmanuel ^a   Letartre, Xavier ^a   Meng, Xianqin ^a,b   Kaminski, Anne ^b   Fave, Alain ^b   Lemiti, Mustapha ^b   Garcia Caurel, Enric ^c   Seassal, Christian ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS FILMS; HYDROGENATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ABSORBING LAYERS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ACTIVE LAYER; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BACK CONTACT; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON THIN FILMS; INCIDENT LIGHT; LEAKY MODES; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PLANAR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 78650893974     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3506702     Document Type: Article

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