Efficiency enhancement of gaas photovoltaics employing antireflective indium tin oxide nanocolumns

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1618-1621

  Peichen, Yu ^a   Chang, Chia Hua ^a   Chiu, Ching Hua ^a   Yang, Chin Sheng ^a   Yu, Jue Chin ^a   Kuo, Hao Chung ^b   Hsu, Shih Hsin ^b   Chang, Yia Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION; ANTIREFLECTIVE; AT-WAVELENGTH; BROAD BANDS; COATING LAYER; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; GAAS; GAAS SOLAR CELLS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANO-COLUMNS; NANOCOLUMN; NITROGEN FLUXES; OMNI-DIRECTIONAL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; TAPERED COLUMNS; WINDOW LAYER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDIUM; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS; TIN;

ARGON;

EID: 66149094221     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200802563     Document Type: Article

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