A strong antireflective solar cell prepared by tapering silicon nanowires

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Jung, Jin Young ^a   Guo, Zhongyi ^a   Jee, Sang Won ^a   Um, Han Don ^a   Park, Kwang Tae ^a   Lee, Jung Ho ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; NANOWIRES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ANTIREFLECTIVE; AREAL DENSITIES; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLESS ETCHINGS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON NANOWIRES; STRONG ENHANCEMENT; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 77956985410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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