Sandwiching intermediate reflectors in tandem solar cells for improved photon management

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Fahr, Stephan ^a   Rockstuhl, Carsten ^a   Lederer, Falk ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION LAYERS; IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; PHOTON MANAGEMENT; RANDOM TEXTURES; REFLECTION SPECTRA; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFLECTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84886450671     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4755873     Document Type: Article

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