Angular behavior of the absorption limit in thin film silicon solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1147-1158

  Naqavi, Ali ^a   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Söderström, Karin ^a   Battaglia, Corsin ^a   Paeder, Vincent ^a   Scharf, Toralf ^a   Peter Herzig, Hans ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grating; Light trapping; Thin film

Indexed keywords

FILM THICKNESS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM OPTICS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; GRATING; LIGHT-TRAPPING; ONE-DIMENSIONAL GRATINGS; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC POLARIZATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84908206618     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2371     Document Type: Article

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