Sinusoidal Gratings for Optimized Light Management in c-Si Thin-Film Solar Cells

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作者
Jaeger, Klaus [1 ,2 ]
Koeppel, Grit [1 ]
Barth, Carlo [1 ,2 ]
Hammerschmidt, Martin [2 ]
Herrmann, Sven [2 ]
Burger, Sven [2 ,3 ]
Schmidt, Frank [2 ,3 ]
Becker, Christiane [1 ]
机构
[1] Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Mat & Energie GmbH, Young Investigator Grp Nano SIPPE, Kekulestr 5, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[2] Zuse Inst Berlin, Takustr 7, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[3] JCMwave GmbH, Bolivarallee 22, D-14050 Berlin, Germany
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Diffraction gratings; antireflection coatings; numerical approximation and analysis; solar energy; GLASS; NANO;
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10.1117/12.2225459
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TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
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0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Hexagonal sinusoidal nanotextures are well suited to couple light into silicon on glass at normal incidence, as we have shown in an earlier publication [K. Jager et al., Opt. Express 24, A569 (2016)]. In this manuscript we discuss how these nanotextures perform under oblique incidence illumination. For this numerical study we use a rigorous solver for the Maxwell equations. We discuss nanotextures with periods between 350 nm and 730 nm and an aspect ratio of 0.5.
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