Comparison of Light Trapping in Silicon Nanowire and Surface Textured Thin-Film Solar Cells

The optics of axial silicon nanowire solar cells is investigated and compared to silicon thin-film solar cells with textured contact layers. The quantum efficiency and short circuit current density are calculated taking a device geometry into account, which can be fabricated by using standard semico...

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Main Authors: Rion Parsons, Asman Tamang, Vladislav Jovanov, Veit Wagner, Dietmar Knipp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Applied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/4/427