Modeling of silicon nanocrystals based down-shifter for enhanced silicon solar cell performance

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sgrignuoli, F ^a   Paternoster, G ^a   Marconi, A ^a   Ingenhoven, P ^a   Anopchenko, A ^a   Pucker, G ^b   Pavesi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; DEVICE SIMULATORS; DOUBLE LAYERS; FRONT SURFACES; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER MATRIX MODEL;

COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON OXIDES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84857424695     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3679140     Document Type: Article

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