Optical properties of Si microwires combined with nanoneedles for flexible thin film photovoltaics

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 101, 2011, Pages A41-A50

  Park, Kwang Tae ^a   Guo, Zhongyi ^a   Um, Han Don ^a   Jung, Jin Young ^a   Yang, Jun Mo ^b   Lim, Sung Kyu ^b   Kim, Young Su ^b   Lee, Jung Ho ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b National Nano Fab Center (NNFC)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NANONEEDLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA ETCHING; SILICON; WIRE;

COMBINED WIRE; EMBEDDED WIRES; FLEXIBLE THIN FILMS; SI MICROWIRES; SI SUBSTRATES; SOFT FILM; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; TRANSPARENT POLYMER;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78651360458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.000A41     Document Type: Article

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