Recent patent issues on intermediate reflectors for high efficiency thin-film silicon photovoltaic devices

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 90-99

  Myong, Seung Yeop ^a  

^a KISCO   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intermediate reflector; Light trapping; Metal oxide; Series integration; Silicon alloy; Thin film silicon photovoltaic device

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; HYDROGENATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; THROUGHPUT;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METAL OXIDES; MICROCRYSTALLINE SI; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THIN FILM SILICON;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84901614655     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.05.016     Document Type: Review

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