Parasitic absorption in the rear reflector of a silicon solar cell: Simulation and measurement of the sub-bandgap reflectance for common dielectric/metal reflectors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 426-430

  Holman, Zachary C ^a   Filipič, Miha ^b   Lipovšek, Benjamin ^b   De Wolf, Stefaan ^a   Smole, Franc ^b   Topič, Marko ^b   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Parasitic absorption; PERL; Rear reflector; Silicon; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

INFRARED RESPONSE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PERL; REAR REFLECTOR; SERIES RESISTANCES; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; SURFACE TEXTURES;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY GAP; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84888387240     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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