Light management using periodic textures for enhancing photocurrent and conversion efficiency in thin-film silicon solar cells

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1536, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-15

  Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Matsui, Takuya ^a   Bidiville, Adrien ^a   Koida, Takashi ^a   Yoshida, Yuji ^a   Saito, Kimihiko ^b   Kondo, Michio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association PVTEC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-AREA EFFICIENCY; BACK REFLECTORS; CELL THICKNESS; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PERIODIC TEXTURE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ASPECT RATIO; CELL MEMBRANES; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

TEXTURES;

EID: 84889634314     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1557/opl.2013.745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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