Broadband light-trapping in ultra-thin nano-structured solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8620, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Colin, Clément ^a   Massiot, Inès ^a   Cattoni, Andrea ^a   Vandamme, Nicolas ^a   Dupuis, Christophe ^a   Bardou, Nathalie ^a   Gérard, Isabelle ^a   Naghavi, Negar ^b   Guillemoles, Jean François ^b   Pelouard, Jean Luc ^a   Collin, Stéphane ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

Author keywords

CIGS; cost reduction; GaAs; high efficiency; light trapping; nano imprint lithography; nano photonic; plasmonic; Thin film solar cell

Indexed keywords

CIGS; GAAS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PLASMONIC; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

COST REDUCTION; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84878588287     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2004269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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