Bottom-up grown ZnO nanorods for an antireflective moth-eye structure on CuInGaSe2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2650-2654

  Shin, Beom Ki ^a   Lee, Tae Il ^a   Xiong, Junjie ^a   Hwang, Changhun ^b   Noh, Gapseong ^b   Cho, Joong Hwee ^c   Myoung, Jae Min ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Telio Solar Technologies Inc   (South Korea)

^c SolarLight Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Bottom up technique; CIGS solar cells; Moth eye; ZnO nanostructure

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION; BOTTOM-UP TECHNIQUE; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; MOTHEYE; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

COATINGS; NANORODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ZINC COATINGS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79959290165     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.05.033     Document Type: Article

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