Optical simulation and fabrication of periodic triangular gratings for the enhancement of photovoltaic solar panels

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8256, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dey, Rajat ^a   Bordatchev, Evgueni V ^a   Tauhiduzzaman, Mohammed ^a   Reshef, Hugo ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microfabrication; Numerical simulation; Photovoltaic panels; Triangular grating

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVE; ENERGY INDUSTRY; INCIDENT LIGHT; INCIDENT LIGHT POWER; INCIDENT POWER; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICRO-OPTICAL STRUCTURE; OPTICAL PARAMETER; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL SURFACES; ORIENTATION ANGLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PV PANEL; PV PERFORMANCE; SOLAR PANELS; TOP SURFACE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; TRIANGULAR GRATINGS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROFABRICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84859950917     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.916786     Document Type: Conference Paper

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