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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
