Combined front and back diffraction gratings for broad band light trapping in thin film solar cell

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 105, 2012, Pages A560-A571

  Meng, Xianqin ^a,b,c   Drouard, Emmanuel ^a,b   Gomard, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Peretti, Romain ^a,b,c   Fave, Alain ^a,c   Seassal, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BACK ELECTRODE; BROAD BANDS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; GRATING STRUCTURES; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LONG-WAVELENGTH ABSORPTION; NORMAL INCIDENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; SHORT PERIODS; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84861807444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A560     Document Type: Article

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