Surface nanostructure optimization for solar energy harvesting in Si thin film based solar cells

Technical Digest - International Electron Devices Meeting, IEDM

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Junshuai ^a,b   Yu, Hongyu ^a,b   Wong, She Mein ^a,b   Zhang, Gang ^a   Lo, Guo Qiang ^a   Kwong, Dim Lee ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH EFFICIENCY; NANO-PILLAR ARRAYS; NANOCONE; OPTICAL PATH; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRON DEVICES; HARVESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THIN FILMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77952348144     PISSN: 01631918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEDM.2009.5424301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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