Improved optical transmission and current matching of a triple-junction solar cell utilizing sub-wavelength structures

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Chiu, M Y ^a   Chang, C H ^a   Tsai, M A ^a   Chang, F Y ^a   Yu, Peichen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FABRICATION; PASSIVATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; CURRENT MATCHING; ETCHING DEPTH; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FABRICATED STRUCTURES; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; SILICON NITRIDE PASSIVATION; SINGLE LAYER; SUB-WAVELENGTH; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH; WAVE ANALYSIS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77957009361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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