Nanoimprint lithography for high-efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 661-665

  Battaglia, Corsin ^a   Escarré, Jordi ^a   Söderström, Karin ^a   Erni, Lukas ^a   Ding, Laura ^a   Bugnon, Grégory ^a   Billet, Adrian ^a   Boccard, Mathieu ^a   Barraud, Loris ^a   De Wolf, Stefaan ^a   Haug, Franz Josef ^a   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

light trapping; micromorph tandem junction; nanoimprinting; Photovoltaics; thin film silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOIMPRINTING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TANDEM JUNCTION; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; NANOPHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79851503921     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1037787     Document Type: Article

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