A numerical study of Bi-periodic binary diffraction gratings for solar cell applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3527-3535

  Mellor, A ^a   Tobias I ^a   Marti A ^a   Luque, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Diffraction grating; Intermediate band solar cell; Light trapping; Surface texturing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; SOLAR CELL SUBSTRATES; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE-TEXTURING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 80053606978     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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