Theoretical short-circuit current density for different geometries and organizations of silicon nanowires in solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 645-651

  Foldyna, Martin ^a   Yu, Linwei ^a   Roca i Cabarrocas, Pere ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Optical modeling; Short circuit current density; Silicon nanowires; Solar cells; Structure optimization

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; OPTICAL MODELING; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVES; SILICON NANOWIRES; STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84871373326     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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