A scattering model for nano-textured interfaces and its application in opto-electrical simulations of thin-film silicon solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Jager K ^a   Fischer, M ^a   Van Swaaij, R A C M M ^a   Zeman, M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FAR-FIELD SCATTERING; INTERFACE MORPHOLOGIES; SCALAR SCATTERING; SCATTERING MODEL; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL FORMULATION; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MORPHOLOGY;

SCATTERING;

EID: 84860524724     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4704372     Document Type: Article

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