Integration of a-Si:H solar cell with novel twist nematic liquid crystal cell for adjustable brightness and enhanced power characteristics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1268-1275

  Chen, Chin Yu ^a,b   Lo, Yu Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration (STSPA)   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV); Liquid crystal (LC); Solar cell; Sub wavelength grating

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ALIGNMENT LAYERS; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DISPLAY APPLICATION; ELECTRICAL POWER; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INCIDENT LIGHT; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS; LOW LIGHT; METAL GRATING; OUTPUT POWER; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTERS; POWER CHARACTERISTIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; POWER EFFICIENCY; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH GRATING; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; TWIST NEMATIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INTEGRATION; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SHEET METAL; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; WAVELENGTH;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 67349280622     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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