DocumentCode
1772066
Title
Absorption enhancement and electrical transport in thin-film solar cells with randomly rough textures
Author
Kowalczewski, Piotr ; Bozzola, Angelo ; Liscidini, M. ; Andreani, Lucio Claudio
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
With rigorous electro-optical calculations we study randomly rough silicon solar cells approaching the Lambertian Limit of absorption. We determine the efficiency dependence on the absorber thickness and discuss the role of surface recombination.
Keywords
absorption; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; surface recombination; thin film devices; Lambertian limit of absorption; absorption enhancement; electrical transport; randomly rough silicon solar cells; randomly rough textures; surface recombination; thin-film solar cells; Absorption; Optical device fabrication; Optical scattering; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989752
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