Incorporation of a light and carrier collection management nano-element array into superstrate a-Si:H solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Jun Nam, Wook ^a,b   Ji, Liming ^c   Benanti, Travis L ^a,b   Varadan, Vasundara V ^c   Wagner, Sigurd ^d   Wang, Qi ^e   Nemeth, William ^e   Neidich, Douglas ^a   Fonash, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a Solarity LLC   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ABSORBER THICKNESS; CARRIER COLLECTION; FILL FACTOR; PHOTOCARRIER; SUPERSTRATES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052079082     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3628460     Document Type: Article

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