Photocurrent enhancements in amorphous silicon solar cells by embedded metallic nanoparticles

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1505-1507

  Ho, C I ^a   Yang, C H ^a   Huang, C J ^a   Yeh, D J ^a   Chu, Y S ^a   Hsueh, C Y ^a   Tu, W C ^a   Ma, T Y ^a   Lee, S C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; AFM; AU NANOPARTICLE; ITO CONTACT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; SIMPLE METHOD;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

GOLD;

EID: 78650119707     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5615833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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