Influence of texture modifications in silicon solar cells on absorption in the intrinsic layers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8438, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ermes, M ^a   Bittkau, K ^a   Carius, R ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption enhancement; Light trapping; Optical simulation; Silicon thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ABSORPTION DISTRIBUTION; ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AMORPHOUS LAYER; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); BACK CONTACT; CELL PERFORMANCE; HALF-SPACE; INTRINSIC LAYER; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOCAL TEXTURE FEATURE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL POINTS; OPTIMAL SIZE; ORIGINAL STRUCTURES; SINGLE JUNCTION; SINGLE JUNCTION DEVICES; SURFACE CRATERS; TANDEM DEVICES; TEXTURE MODIFICATION; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; OPTIMIZATION; SILICON; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; TEXTURES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84861921120     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.922204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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