Title :
Broadband back grating design for thin film solar cells
Author :
Janjua, Bilal ; Jabbour, Ghassan
Author_Institution :
Photonics Lab., King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
In this paper, design based on tapered circular grating structure was studied, to provide broadband enhancement in thin film amorphous silicon solar cells. In comparison to planar structure an absorption enhancement of ~ 7% was realized.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; absorption enhancement; broadband back grating design; broadband enhancement; planar structure; tapered circular grating structure; thin film amorphous silicon solar cells; Absorption; Gratings; Optical surface waves; Photovoltaic cells; Plasmons; Reflection; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656695
