Pyramidal surface textures for light trapping and antireflection in perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2014, Pages A1422-A1430

  Schneider, Bennett W ^a   Lal, Niraj N ^a   Baker Finch, Simeon ^a,b   White, Thomas P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PV Lighthouse   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SILICON; TEXTURES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ABSOLUTE EFFICIENCIES; CONFORMAL DEPOSITION; CRYSTALLINE SILICON CELLS; INTERMEDIATE REFLECTORS; PYRAMIDAL TEXTURING; SURFACE REFLECTIONS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; SILICON; TITANIUM;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDES; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84908173860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.0A1422     Document Type: Article

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