Comparison of periodic light-trapping structures in thin crystalline silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Gjessing, Jo ^a,b,c   Sudbø, Aasmund S ^c   Marstein, Erik S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DIFFRACTION ORDERS; FAR-FIELD; LAMBERTIAN; LATTICE PERIODS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MATERIAL COST; OBLIQUE ANGLES; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; SQUARE LATTICES; WAFER THICKNESS; ZIGZAG STRUCTURE;

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS;

PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

EID: 80051934472     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3611425     Document Type: Article

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