Multi-scale deformation and material removal in amorphous Si thin film solar panels

International Journal of Nanomanufacturing

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-53

  Sumitomo, Taro ^a   Huang, Han ^a   Zhou, Libo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deformation; Grinding; Material removal; Nanoscratch; Polishing; Solar panel

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; GRINDING (MACHINING); POLISHING; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GRINDING AND POLISHING; MATERIAL REMOVAL; MATERIAL REMOVAL RATE; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; NANO-SCRATCH; REMOVAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOLAR PANELS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 79955844133     PISSN: 17469392     EISSN: 17469406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNM.2011.039961     Document Type: Article

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