Enhancement of solar cell efficiency using two-dimensional photonic crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7713, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Postigo, P A ^a   Kaldirim, M ^a   Prieto, I ^a   Martinez L J ^a   Dotor, M L ^a   Galli, M ^b   Andreani, L C ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

antireflection; enhanced absorption; photonic crystals; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; FRONT SURFACES; PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUSPENDED MEMBRANES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS (2D-PC);

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 79251472441     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.853755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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