Optimization of the absorption efficiency of an amorphous-silicon thin-film tandem solar cell backed by a metallic surface-relief grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 966-979

  Solano, Manuel ^a   Faryad, Muhammad ^b   Hall, Anthony S ^c   Mallouk, Thomas E ^c   Monk, Peter B ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM; EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; REFLECTION; SILICON ALLOYS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ABSORPTANCE; ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; BACK REFLECTORS; CORRUGATION HEIGHTS; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; FREE-SPACE WAVELENGTHS; INCIDENT LIGHT; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; METALLIC LAYERS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMAL DEPTH; PERIODIC CORRUGATION; PLANE WAVE; POLARIZATION STATE; RIGOROUS COUPLED-WAVE; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; UNIT CELLS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84874450557     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.000966     Document Type: Article

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