Tapered aluminum-doped vertical zinc oxide nanorod arrays as light coupling layer for solar energy applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1437-1440

  Chen, Jie ^a   Ye, Hong ^b   Aé, Lorenz ^a   Tang, Yang ^a   Kieven, David ^a   Rissom, Thorsten ^a   Neuendorf, Julia ^a   Lux Steiner, Martha Ch ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Antireflective layer; Light coupling; Solar evacuated tube; Solar selective surface; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAYERS; LIGHT COUPLINGS; SELECTIVE SURFACE; SOLAR EVACUATED TUBE; ZNO NANOROD;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; COATINGS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; ZINC; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 79955036659     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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