Increasing the solar cell power output by coating with transition metal-oxide nanorods

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4218-4221

  Kuznetsov, I A ^a   Greenfield, M J ^a   Mehta, Y U ^a   Merchan Merchan, W ^b   Salkar, G ^a   Saveliev, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Light scattering; Nanoparticles; Silicon solar cell; Transition metal oxide nanorods

Indexed keywords

FLAME SYNTHESIS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; METHANOL; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANORODS; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCATTERING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; TRANSITION METALS;

ACTIVE LAYER; AMBIENT LIGHT; CELL POWER; FRACTION OF LIGHT; LIGHT INCIDENT; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL-OXIDE; PHOTON FLUX; POWER OUT PUT; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; SOLAR PANELS;

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

ABSORBANCE; COATING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL; OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79959828261     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.04.033     Document Type: Article

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