• DocumentCode
    3056038
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600085
  • Filename
    6600085
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3056038