• 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