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Title: Light-trapping optimization in wet-etched silicon photonic crystal solar cells

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada
  2. Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A7, Canada, Department of Physics, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  3. Department of Physics, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  4. iX-factory GmbH, Konrad Adenauer–Allee 11, 44263 Dortmund, Germany
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USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1228663
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-06ER46347
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 118 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Eyderman, Sergey, John, Sajeev, Hafez, M., Al-Ameer, S. S., Al-Harby, T. S., Al-Hadeethi, Y., and Bouwes, D. M. Light-trapping optimization in wet-etched silicon photonic crystal solar cells. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4926548.
Eyderman, Sergey, John, Sajeev, Hafez, M., Al-Ameer, S. S., Al-Harby, T. S., Al-Hadeethi, Y., & Bouwes, D. M. Light-trapping optimization in wet-etched silicon photonic crystal solar cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926548
Eyderman, Sergey, John, Sajeev, Hafez, M., Al-Ameer, S. S., Al-Harby, T. S., Al-Hadeethi, Y., and Bouwes, D. M. Fri . "Light-trapping optimization in wet-etched silicon photonic crystal solar cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4926548.
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