• DocumentCode
    2121944
  • Title

    Short papers: Quantification of optical deflection by laser-structured ZnO:Al

  • Author

    Berner, Marcel ; Samann, Marc ; Garamoun, Ahmed ; Schubert, Markus B.

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of Photovoltaics, University of Stuttgart, 70569, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    3-8 June 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Anovel camera-based measurement setup fully quantifies the transmitted radiation deflected by textured front electrodes for thin-film solar cells. The conventional measurement of angular intensity distribution only analyzes one polar plane. The new setup examines the optical scattering and/or diffraction over the complete hemisphere. The hemispheric intensity distribution of laser-structured ZnO:Al proves reduced specular transmission and, hence, improved light trapping.
  • Keywords
    Collimators; Laser beams; Lenses; Measurement by laser beam; Optical diffraction; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor device measurement; Angular intensity distribution (AID); hemispheric intensity distribution (HID); laser-structured ZnO:Al; optical characterization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Volume 2, 2012 IEEE 38th
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC-Vol2.2012.6656777
  • Filename
    6656777