Advancing tandem solar cells by spectrally selective multilayer intermediate reflectors

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2014, Pages

  Hoffmann, Andre ^a   Paetzold, Ulrich W ^a   Zhang, Chao ^a   Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina ^a   Lambertz, Andreas ^a   Ulbrich, Carolin ^a   Bittkau, Karsten ^a   Rau, Uwe ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL FILMS; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; DOPED MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICONS; INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; SELECTIVE REFLECTANCE; SPECTRAL SELECTIVITY; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SILICON;

REFLECTION;

EID: 84906653009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.0A1270     Document Type: Article

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