Experimental Demonstration of 4n 2 Classical Absorption Limit in Nanotextured Ultrathin Solar Cells with Dielectric Omnidirectional Back Reflector

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 270-278

  Ingenito, Andrea ^a   Isabella, Olindo ^a   Zeman, Miro ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

black silicon; Bragg reflector; light in coupling; optical losses; Tiedje Yablonovitch limit

Indexed keywords

BRAGG REFLECTORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL LOSSES; REFLECTION; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; TRACKING (POSITION);

BLACK SILICON; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT DENSITY; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TIEDJE-YABLONOVITCH LIMIT;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84901468180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph4001586     Document Type: Article

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