Broadband omnidirectional antireflection coatings for metal-backed solar cells optimized using simulated annealing algorithm incorporated with solar spectrum

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 104, 2011, Pages A875-A887

  Chang, Yin Jung ^a   Chen, Yu Ting ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; GALLIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REFLECTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANTIREFLECTION; AR COATINGS; BACKSIDE METAL; BULK CRYSTALLINE; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; EARTH'S SURFACE; ELECTROMAGNETIC CALCULATIONS; INCIDENT ANGLES; MATERIAL DISPERSIONS; REPRESENTATIVE CASE; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHMS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL RANGE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 79959905109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A875     Document Type: Article

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