Detailed balance limit of silicon nanowire and nanohole array solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8111, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lin, Chenxi ^a   Povinelli, Michelle L ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Detailed balance limit; Guided resonances; Light trapping; Photonic crystal slab; Silicon nanohole array; Silicon nanowire array; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; DETAILED BALANCE; GUIDED RESONANCES; LIGHT TRAPPING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SLAB; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAY;

ABSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80054057884     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.894344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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