Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

On the thermodynamics of light trapping in solar cells

  • Correspondence
  • Published:

From Nature Materials

View current issue Submit your manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Polman, A. & Atwater, H. A. Nature Mater. 11, 174–177 (2012).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Ross, R. T. J. Chem. Phys. 46, 4590–4593 (1967).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Smestad, G. & Ries, H. Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 25, 51–71 (1992).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Rau, U. Phys. Rev. B 76, 085303 (2007).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Shockley, W. & Queisser, H. J. J. Appl. Phys. 32, 510–519 (1961).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Markvart, T. Phys. Status Solidi A 205, 2752–2756 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Van Roosbroeck, W. & Shockley, W. Phys. Rev. 94, 1558–1560 (1954).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. IEK5 – Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, 52425, Germany

    Uwe Rau

  2. Department of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, South Kensington Campus, UK

    Thomas Kirchartz

Authors
  1. Uwe Rau
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Thomas Kirchartz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Uwe Rau or Thomas Kirchartz.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rau, U., Kirchartz, T. On the thermodynamics of light trapping in solar cells. Nature Mater 13, 103–104 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3837

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3837

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Search

Navigation