Light trapping and electrical transport in thin-film solar cells with randomly rough textures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2014, Pages

  Kowalczewski, Piotr ^a   Bozzola, Angelo ^a   Liscidini, Marco ^a   Claudio Andreani, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; TEXTURES;

ABSORBER THICKNESS; AUGER RECOMBINATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; MATERIAL IMPERFECTIONS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84901450896     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4876223     Document Type: Article

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