The effect of front ZnO:Al surface texture and optical transparency on efficient light trapping in silicon thin-film solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Berginski, Michael ^a   Hüpkes, Jürgen ^a   Schulte, Melanie ^a   Schöpe, Gunnar ^a   Stiebig, Helmut ^a   Rech, Bernd ^a,c   Wuttig, Matthias ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPARENCY; WET ETCHING; ZINC OXIDE;

LIGHT TRAPPING; SILICON THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURES; TARGET DOPING;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 34247266634     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2715554     Document Type: Article

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