Photoconductivity enhancement by light trapping in rough amorphous silicon
- 15 April 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 42 (8) , 712-714
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.94035
Abstract
The photoconductivity of amorphous silicon films is shown to be enhanced by a factor of 25 at long wavelengths when the material is deposited on a rough, reflecting substrate. In a solar cell, this light trapping effect would produce a 4.5-mA/cm2 increase in the short circuit current.Keywords
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