Light scattering and parasitic absorption in thin film silicon solar cells containing metal nanoparticles

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Feltrin, Andrea ^a   Meguro, Tomomi ^a   Ichikawa, Mitsuru ^a   Sezaki, Fumiyasu ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KANEKA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical design; Photonics; Silicon; Solar energy; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BACK REFLECTORS; CURRENT INCREASE; DEVICE STRUCTURES; INTERMEDIATE LAYERS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTICAL REFLECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PLASMONIC; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; TANDEM JUNCTION; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTONICS; PLASMONS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84870599671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3658280     Document Type: Article

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