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@ARTICLE{Smeets:256261,
author = {Smeets, Michael and Smirnov, Vladimir and Bittkau, Karsten
and Meier, Matthias and Carius, Reinhard and Rau, Uwe and
Paetzold, Ulrich W.},
title = {{A}ngular dependence of light trapping in nanophotonic
thin-film solar cells},
journal = {Optics express},
volume = {23},
number = {24},
issn = {1094-4087},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-06225},
pages = {A1575},
year = {2015},
abstract = {The angular dependence of light-trapping in nanophotonic
thin-film solar cells is inherent due to the
wavelength-scale dimensions of the periodic nanopatterns. In
this paper, we experimentally investigate the dependence of
light coupling to waveguide modes for light trapping in
a-Si:H solar cells deposited on nanopatterned back contacts.
First, we accurately determine the spectral positions of
individual waveguide modes in thin-film solar cells in
external quantum efficiency and absorptance. Second, we
demonstrate the strong angular dependence of this spectral
position for our solar cells. Third, a moderate level of
disorder is introduced to the initially periodic nanopattern
of the back contacts. As a result, the angular dependence is
reduced. Last, we experimentally compare this dependence on
the angle of incidence for randomly textured, 2D
periodically nanopatterned and 2D disordered back contacts
in external quantum efficiency and short-circuit current
density.},
cin = {IEK-5},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-5-20101013},
pnm = {121 - Solar cells of the next generation (POF3-121) / HITEC
- Helmholtz Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Energy
and Climate Research (HITEC) (HITEC-20170406)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-121 / G:(DE-Juel1)HITEC-20170406},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:26698805},
doi = {10.1364/OE.23.0A1575},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/256261},
}