Infrared light management in high-efficiency silicon heterojunction and rear-passivated solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holman, Zachary C ^a   Filipič, Miha ^a,b   Descoeudres, Antoine ^a   De Wolf, Stefaan ^a   Smole, Franc ^b   Topič, Marko ^b   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; EVANESCENT WAVE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH MOBILITY; INFRARED LIGHT; INFRARED LOSS; INFRARED RESPONSE; INTERNAL REFLECTANCE; LARGE PARTS; METAL LAYER; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; OPTICAL MODELS; RAY-TRACING ALGORITHM; REAR SURFACES; SILICON HETEROJUNCTIONS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON MOBILITY; METALS; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVATION; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84872073725     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4772975     Document Type: Article

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