Light trapping by a dielectric nanoparticle back reflector in film silicon solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Benjamin G ^a   Stradins, Paul ^a   Young, David L ^a   Alberi, Kirstin ^a   Chuang, Ta Ko ^b   Couillard, J Gregory ^b   Branz, Howard M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK REFLECTORS; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; RUTILE TIO; SINGLE-CRYSTAL SI; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84860389485     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3615796     Document Type: Article

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