Broadband antireflective poly-Si nanosponge for thin film solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 4646-4651

  Chyan, J Y ^a   Hsu, W C ^a,b   Yeh, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Sino American Silicon Productions Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ETCHING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANTI-REFLECTIVE; GRAIN SIZE; NANOSPONGE; OPTICAL REFLECTION; POLY-SI THIN FILM; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON (POLY-SI);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 62549138713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.004646     Document Type: Article

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