Toward high efficiency ultra-thin CIGSe based solar cells using light management techniques

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8256, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Naghavi, Negar ^a   Jehl, Zacharie ^a   Donsanti, Frederique ^a   Guillemoles, Jean François ^a   Gérard, Isabelle ^b   Bouttemy, Muriel ^b   Etcheberry, Arnaud ^b   Pelouard, Jean Luc ^c   Collin, Stéphane ^c   Colin, Clément ^c   Péré Laperne, Nicolas ^c   Dahan, Nir ^d   Greffet, Jean Jacques ^d   Morel, Boris ^e   Djebbour, Zakaria ^e   Darga, Arouna ^e   Mencaraglia, Denis ^e   Voorwinden, Georg ^f   Dimmler, Bernhard ^f   Powalla, Michael ^g   Lincot, Daniel ^a   more..

^a 6 quai Watier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^e UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^f Wuerth Elektronik Research GmbH   (Germany)

^g ZENTRUM FÜR SONNENENERGIE UND WASSERSTOFF FORSCHUNG BADEN WÜRTTEMBERG ZSW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Light management; Plasmonic; Solar cells; Ultrathin CIGSe

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BACK CONTACT; CHEMICAL ETCHING; CU(IN , GA)SE; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; OPTICAL MANAGEMENT; PHOTON MANAGEMENT; PLASMONIC; SMOOTHING EFFECTS; SUBWAVELENGTH SCALE; THICKNESS REDUCTION; ULTRA-THIN;

MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

EID: 84859994578     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.909419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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