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Nanophotonic light trapping in 3-dimensional thin-film silicon architectures

Lockau et al., 2013

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12569458911378083115
Author
Lockau D
Sontheimer T
Becker C
Rudigier-Voigt E
Schmidt F
Rech B
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Optics Express

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Emerging low cost and large area periodic texturing methods promote the fabrication of complex absorber structures for thin film silicon solar cells. We present a comprehensive numerical analysis of a 2μm square periodic polycrystalline silicon absorber architecture …
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    • G02B6/10—Light guides of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/122—Light guides of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
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    • G02B1/00—Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are made
    • G02B1/002—Optical elements characterised by the material of which they are made made of materials engineered to provide properties not available in nature, e.g. metamaterials
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG] EMISSION, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
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    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
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    • G01N21/17—Systems in which incident light is modified in accordance with the properties of the material investigated

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