Biomimetic nanostructured antireflection coating and its application on crystalline silicon solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 14411-14419

  Chen, J Y ^a   Chang, W L ^b   Huang, C K ^a   Sun, K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

ANTI-REFLECTION; CAST MOLDING; COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; LOW COSTS; MICRO-TEXTURED SURFACES; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURE COATINGS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE LAYER;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 79960481121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014411     Document Type: Article

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