Optimization of 1D photonic crystals to minimize the reflectance of silicon solar cells

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-53

  Dominguez S ^a   Bravo, J ^a   Garcia O ^a   Ezquer, M ^b   Rodriguez M J ^b   Lagunas, A R ^b   Perez Conde J ^c  

^a FideNa   (Spain)

^b No 7   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lithography; Photonic crystal; Reflectance; Silicon; Solar cell; Texturization

Indexed keywords

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; ANTI-REFLECTING COATING; FRONT SURFACES; LASER INTERFERENCE LITHOGRAPHY; SPECTRAL REGION; TEXTURIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROCOMPUTERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFLECTION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84856525165     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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