Spectrally selective intermediate reflectors for tandem thin-film silicon solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8823, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hoffmann, A ^a   Paetzold, U W ^a   Merdzhanova, T ^a   Lambertz, A ^a   Hohn O ^b   Ulbrich, C ^a   Bittkau, K ^a   Rau, U ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; DIRECTIONAL SELECTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; OPTICAL SIMULATION; PHOTON MANAGEMENT; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84886879652     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2023648     Document Type: Conference Paper

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