Nanodome solar cells with efficient light management and self-cleaning

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1979-1984

  Zhu, Jia ^a   Hsu, Ching Mei ^a   Yu, Zongfu ^b   Fan, Shanhui ^a   Cui, Yi ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light trapping; Nanocone; Nanodome; Photovoltaics; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRAL; ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE; FLAT FILMS; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); HYDROPHOBIC MOLECULES; INCIDENT ANGLES; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANO SCALE; NANOCONE; NANODOME; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER EFFICIENCY; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; SPECIFIC MATERIALS; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES;

ABSORPTION; AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE CLEANING; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

THICK FILM DEVICES;

EID: 77953318040     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9034237     Document Type: Article

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