A 2D numerical study on the photo current density enhancement in silicon solar cells with optimized backside gratings

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 002963-002967

  Wellenzohn, Markus ^a   Hainberger, Rainer ^a  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY ENHANCEMENT; GRATING PARAMETER; LIGHT INCIDENCE; MODULATION DEPTH; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERIOD LENGTH; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SILICON THICKNESS; SIMULATION METHODS;

CURRENT DENSITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84861023003     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186567     Document Type: Conference Paper

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