Investigation of light absorption properties and acceptance angles of nanopatterned GZO/a-Si/p+-Si photodiodes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Cheng Pin ^a   Lin, Pei Hsuan ^a   Hung, Yen Jen ^a   Hsu, Shao Shun ^a   Chen, Liang Yi ^a   Cheng, Yun Wei ^a   Ke, Min Yung ^a   Huang, Ying Yuan ^a   Chang, Chun Hsiang ^a   Chiu, Ching Hua ^b   Kuo, Hao Chung ^b   Huang, Jianjang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; NANO-SCALE PATTERNS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOCONE STRUCTURES; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; PLANAR STRUCTURE; SI PHOTODIODES; SI SUBSTRATES; SI SURFACES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; NANORODS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 77951795400     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/21/215201     Document Type: Article

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