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Efficiency Enhancement in Thin Film GaAs Solar Cell Using Photonic Crystals as Reflection and Diffraction Gratings for Light Trapping

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In the paper, GaAs based thin film solar-cells, combining 2D-Photonic Crystals (PhC) as diffraction-grating with either metallic or Distribute Bragg Reflector (DBR) as specular reflectors and also as single back-reflector for light trapping , have been optimized and compared. The results have shown that PhC diffraction-gratings with DBR as specular reflector outperforms others.

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  1. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India

    Nikhil Deep Gupta & Vijay Janyani

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  1. Nikhil Deep Gupta
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  1. Amity Institute for Advanced Research and Studies, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vinod Kumar Jain

  2. Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Sunita Rattan

  3. Amity Institute for Advanced Research and Studies, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Abhishek Verma

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Gupta, N.D., Janyani, V. (2017). Efficiency Enhancement in Thin Film GaAs Solar Cell Using Photonic Crystals as Reflection and Diffraction Gratings for Light Trapping. In: Jain, V., Rattan, S., Verma, A. (eds) Recent Trends in Materials and Devices. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 178. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29096-6_43

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