Texturing, reflectivity, diffuse scattering and light trapping in silicon solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 319-325

  Forbes, Leonard ^a  

^a L Forbes and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Backside texturing; Conversion efficiency; Front side texturing; Silicon solar cells; Texturing

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DIFFUSE SCATTERING; LIGHT ENERGY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; SILICON TECHNOLOGIES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TEXTURING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; LIGHT EFFECT; REFLECTIVITY; SILICON; TEXTURE;

EID: 84855199154     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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