Directionally selective light trapping in a germanium solar cell

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 102, 2011, Pages A136-A145

  Peters, Marius ^a   Ulbrich, Carolin ^b   Goldschmidt, Jan Christoph ^a   Fernandez, Jara ^a   Siefer, Gerald ^a   Bläsi, Benedikt ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GERMANIUM; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ANGULAR RANGE; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; GERMANIUM SOLAR CELL; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW-PARASITIC; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; PATH LENGTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENTS; RADIATIVE PROCESS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; REFLECTION MEASUREMENTS; SELECTIVE FILTERS; SPECTRAL RANGE;

LIGHT;

EID: 84857779694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A136     Document Type: Article

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