Light trapping in thin crystalline Si solar cells using surface mie scatterers

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 554-559

  Spinelli, Pierpaolo ^a   Polman, Albert ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nanophotonics; silicon; solar cells

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRAL; CRYSTALLINE SI SOLAR CELLS; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; SI SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPHOTONICS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84897669699     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2292744     Document Type: Article

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