Title :
Enhancement of optical absorption in solar cells by band-edge effect of photonic crystals. I — Formation of multiple bandedges
Author :
Tanaka, Yuichi ; Kawamoto, Yasutaka ; Fujita, Masayuki ; Noda, Satoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Sci. & Eng., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We numerically investigate broadband optical absorption enhancement in thin Si photovoltaic devices by multiple photonic band-edges that are produced by higher order modes for the vertical direction and photonic supercell structures.
Keywords :
photonic crystals; solar cells; band-edge effect; broadband optical absorption enhancement; multiple photonic band-edges; photonic crystals; photonic supercell structures; photovoltaic devices; solar cells; Absorption; Optical imaging; Optical superlattices; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Photovoltaic systems;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600085
