Antireflective nanoparticle arrays enhance the efficiency of silicon solar cells

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3064-3075

  Wan, Dehui ^a   Chen, Hsuen Li ^a   Tseng, Te Chen ^a   Fang, Cheng Yi ^a   Lai, Yu Shen ^b   Yeh, Fang Yao ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTIREFLECTIVE; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; IN-CELL; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOPARTICLE ARRAY; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; SI SOLAR CELLS; SI WAFER; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; TIO;

GOLD ALLOYS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

GOLD;

EID: 77957199767     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201000678     Document Type: Article

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