DocumentCode
2119640
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
fYear
2013
fDate
8-12 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
578
Lastpage
579
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1506-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656695
Filename
6656695
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