Broadband absorption enhancement in thin film solar cells using inverse optimization of light trapping mechanisms

ASME 2012 3rd International Conference on Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer, MNHMT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 559-567

  Hajimirza, Shima ^a   Heltzel, Alex ^b   Howell, John ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b PC Krause and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BROADBAND ABSORPTION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; MULTI-PARAMETER OPTIMIZATIONS; NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PERIODIC NANOSTRUCTURE; QUASI-NEWTON ALGORITHM; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COATINGS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; SILICON; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 84882445934     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/MNHMT2012-75065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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