Light trapping in amorphous silicon solar cells with periodic grating structures

Optics Communications

Volumn 285, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 808-815

  Li, Haihua ^a   Wang, Qingkang ^a   Chen, Jian ^a   Krc, Janez ^b   Soppe, Wim J ^c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti reflection structure; Metallic reflection grating; Rigorous Coupled Wave Analysis; Thin film silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

A-SI LAYERS; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ANTI-REFLECTION; FILLING FACTOR; GROOVE DEPTH; INCIDENT ANGLES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METALLIC REFLECTION GRATING; MODAL TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; PERIODIC GRATINGS; REFLECTION GRATINGS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELL; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84655169940     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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