Detailed balance calculations for hot-carrier solar cells: coupling high absorptivity with low thermalization through light trapping
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Light trapping in solar cells at the extreme coupling limit
Ali Naqavi,* Franz-Josef Haug, Corsin Battaglia, Hans Peter Herzig, and Christophe Ballif Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory, Institute of Microengineering (IMT), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue A.-L. Breguet 2, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland Optics & Photonics Technology Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue A.-L. Breguet 2, Neuchâte...
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عنوان ژورنال: EPJ Photovoltaics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2105-0716
DOI: 10.1051/epjpv/2019001