Multi-scale and angular analysis of ray-optical light trapping schemes in thin-film solar cells: Micro lens array, v-shaped configuration, and double parabolic trapper

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 102, 2013, Pages A276-A284

  Cho, Changsoon ^a   Lee, Jung Yong ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITRATION;

ANGULAR ANALYSIS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICRO-LENS ARRAYS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL SIMULATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

MICROLENSES;

EID: 84875145209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A276     Document Type: Article

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