Efficient light trapping in inverted nanopyramid thin crystalline silicon membranes for solar cell applications

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2792-2796

  Mavrokefalos, Anastassios ^a   Han, Sang Eon ^a   Yerci, Selcuk ^a   Branham, Matthew S ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

inverted pyramids; Light trapping; optical absorption; photovoltaics; thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTANCE; ANGLE DEPENDENCE; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; INVERTED PYRAMIDS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MATERIAL USAGE; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PROCESSING COSTS; SEMICONDUCTOR ABSORBERS; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE RECOMBINATION LOSS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; WAFER SCALE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; WET ETCHING;

SILICON WAFERS;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84862284815     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2045777     Document Type: Article

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