Surface-concentrated light and efficient carrier collection in microhole-patterned Si solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 104, 2013, Pages A607-A615

  Kim, Joondong ^a   Lee, Eunsongyi ^b   Ju, Minkyu ^c   Kim, Hyunyub ^c   Yi, Junsin ^c   Moon, Sang Jin ^d   Hyun, Moon Seop ^e   Kim, Dong Wook ^b  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^e National Nano Fab Center (NNFC)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CARRIER COLLECTION; CRYSTALLINE SI SOLAR CELLS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL FIELD; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; SI SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879906816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A607     Document Type: Article

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