Nanostructured SIS solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7725, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fuchsel K ^a,b   Schulz, U ^b   Kaiser, N ^b   Kasebier T ^a   Kley, E B ^a   Tunnermann A ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO); indium tin oxide (ITO); light trapping; nanostructured silicon; semiconductor insulator semiconductor; solar cells; transparent conductive oxide

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

ALUMINUM; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ITO GLASS; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77953740456     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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