Isotextured silicon solar cell analysis and modeling 1: Optics

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-464

  Baker Finch, Simeon C ^a   McIntosh, Keith R ^b   Terry, Mason L ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PV Lighthouse   (Australia)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Device modeling; geometrical optics; photovoltaic cells; ray tracing; semiconductor; silicon; surface texture

Indexed keywords

CELL ANALYSIS; DEVICE MODELING; LAMBERTIAN; OPTICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGENERATION; RAY TRACING SIMULATION; RAY TRAJECTORIES; SURFACE TEXTURES;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RAY TRACING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

EID: 84866743741     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2206569     Document Type: Article

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