• DocumentCode
    2232210
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950316