Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 9, Issue 3, 032901(2011)

Enhancement of light trapping in thin-film solar cells through Ag

Yiming Bai1, Han Zhang2, Jun Wang3, Nuofu Chen1,2, Jianxi Yao1, Tianmao Huang2, Xingwang Zhang2, Zhigang Yin2, and Zhen Fu2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Beijing Key Laboratory of New and Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
  • 3National Engineering Research Center for Optoelectronic Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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    Yiming Bai, Han Zhang, Jun Wang, Nuofu Chen, Jianxi Yao, Tianmao Huang, Xingwang Zhang, Zhigang Yin, Zhen Fu, "Enhancement of light trapping in thin-film solar cells through Ag," Chin. Opt. Lett. 9, 032901 (2011)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Scattering

    Received: Aug. 5, 2010

    Accepted: Nov. 19, 2010

    Published Online: Mar. 4, 2011

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    DOI:10.3788/COL201109.032901

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