Optics and light trapping for tandem solar cells on silicon

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1380-1386

  Lal, Niraj N ^a   White, Thomas P ^a   Catchpole, Kylie R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lambertian; light trapping; perovskite; silicon; tandem

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; PEROVSKITE; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; LAMBERTIAN; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; STRINGENT REQUIREMENT; TANDEM; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVITY;

LIGHT;

EID: 85027950428     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2014.2342491     Document Type: Article

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