Ultra-broadband performance enhancement of thin-film amorphous silicon solar cells with conformal zig-zag configuration

Optics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5071-5074

  Yang, Zhenhai ^a   Shang, Aixue ^a   Zhan, Yaohui ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Li, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; LOW SENSITIVITY; METALLIC REFLECTORS; NANOCONFIGURATION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; ULTRA-BROADBAND;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84888998218     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.005071     Document Type: Article

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