Efficient light-trapping nanostructures in thin silicon solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8031, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Han, Sang Eon ^a   Mavrokefalos, Anastassios ^a,b   Branham, Matthew Sanders ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

group theory; Lambertian limit; Light trapping; optical absorption; symmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

GROUP THEORY; LAMBERTIAN LIMIT; LIGHT TRAPPING; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; SYMMETRY BREAKING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALGEBRA; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANORODS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SENSORS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79958008646     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.881047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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