Parasitic absorption in the rear reflector of a silicon solar cell: Simulation and measurement of the sub-bandgap reflectance for common dielectric/metal reflectors

Engineering & Materials Science

• Silicon solar cells 100%
• Energy gap 83%
• Refractive index 64%
• Solar cells 51%
• Metals 47%
• Short circuit currents 23%
• Current density 23%
• Infrared radiation 21%
• Textures 19%
• Costs 9%

Chemical Compounds

• Parasitic 90%
• Dielectric Material 64%
• Solar Cell 63%
• Simulation 46%
• Refractive Index 35%
• Metal 33%
• Surface Recombination 28%
• Short Circuit 19%
• Current Density 13%
• Resistance 11%
• Probe 11%