A novel back-side light trapping structure for thin silicon solar cells

Journal of the European Optical Society

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 41-

  Gjessing, J ^a,b,c   Sudbo A S ^b,c   Marstein, E S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffraction grating; Light trapping; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; LAMBERTIAN SURFACES; LIGHT TRAPPING STRUCTURES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; SILICON CONSUMPTION; STATE OF POLARIZATION;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84858173843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19902573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2971/jeos.2011.11020     Document Type: Article

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