Title :
Photonic crystal intermediate reflector in micromorph tandem solar cells
Author :
Fahr, Stephan ; Rockstuhl, Carsten ; Lederer, Falk ; Kroll, Matthias ; Pertsch, Thomas ; Beckers, Thomas ; Carius, Reinhard ; Rau, Uwe ; Steidl, Lorenz ; Zentel, Rudolf ; Üpping, Johannes ; Wehrspohn, Ralf B.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Condensed Matter Theor. & Solid State Opt, Friedrich-Schiller-Univ. Jena, Jena, Germany
Abstract :
Experimental and numerical evidences are presented which show that the efficiency of silicon based tandem solar-cells can be increased by incorporating a three dimensional photonic crystal as an intermediate reflector.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical elements; photonic crystals; silicon; solar cells; Si; intermediate reflector; micromorph tandem solar cells; photonic crystal; Absorption; Geometry; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Zinc oxide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
