Omnidirectional light absorption in thin film silicon solar cell with dual anti-reflection coatings

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2551-2559

  Yang, Wenji ^a   Yu, Hongchun ^a   Tang, Jianping ^a,b   Su, Yingbing ^a   Wan, Qing ^a   Wang, Yanguo ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENGYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti reflection; Light trapping; Omnidirectionality; Thin film silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; ABSORPTION CURVES; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; ANGLE-DEPENDENT; ANTI-REFLECTION; AR COATINGS; BULK COUNTERPART; EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT ANGLES; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT TRAPPING; OMNIDIRECTIONALITY; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; THEORETICAL MODELS; THIN FILM SILICON SOLAR CELL; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION PROFILES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; UPPER LIMITS; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

REFLECTIVE COATINGS;

ABSORPTION; COATING; FUEL CELL; LIGHT INTENSITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 80052278539     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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