Nano-photonic and nano-plasmonic enhancements in thin film silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-123

  Pattnaik, S ^a   Chakravarty, N ^a   Biswas, R ^a,b   Dalal, V ^a   Slafer, D ^c  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lightwave Power   (United States)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Photonic crystal; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); LIGHT-TRAPPING; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; THIN-FILM ABSORBERS; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84906251579     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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