Comparison of optical properties of periodic photonic-plasmonic and randomly textured back reflectors for nc-Si solar cells

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 358, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2313-2318

  Bhattacharya, J ^a   Chakravarty, N ^a   Pattnaik, S ^a   Slafer, W D ^b   Biswas, R ^a,c   Dalal, V ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Lightwave Power   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Nano crystalline silicon; Plasmonic enhancement

Indexed keywords

BACK REFLECTORS; CELL ARCHITECTURES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; LIGHT CONCENTRATION; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LONG WAVELENGTH; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NEAR-INFRARED PHOTONS; PLASMONIC; STATE OF THE ART; THIN FILM CELLS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

LIGHT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION; SILICON; THIN FILMS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865768047     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2011.12.108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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