Misaligned conformal gratings enhanced light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 103, 2013, Pages A548-A558

  Xia, Zihuan ^a   Wu, Yonggang ^a   Liu, Renchen ^a   Liang, Zhaoming ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   Tang, Pinglin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GRATING STRUCTURES; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878620099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A548     Document Type: Article

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