Optical Design of Textured Thin-Film CIGS Solar Cells with Nearly-Invisible Nanowire Assisted Front Contacts

The conductivity of transparent front contacts can be improved by patterned metallic nanowires, albeit at the cost of optical loss. The associated optical penalty can be strongly reduced by texturization of the cell stack. Remarkably, the nanowires themselves are not textured and not covered in our...

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Main Authors: Joop van Deelen, Ahmed Omar, Marco Barink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/10/4/392