Utilization of geometric light trapping in thin film silicon solar cells: Simulations and experiments

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 540-547

  De Jong, M M ^a   Sonneveld, P J ^b   Baggerman, J ^c   Van Rijn, C J M ^c   Rath, J K ^a   Schropp, R E I ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Aquamarijn   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

flexible; light trapping; low temperature; plastic substrates; thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GLASS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); FLEXIBLE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW TEMPERATURES; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; PYRAMIDAL STRUCTURES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84901256780     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2299     Document Type: Article

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