Selectively transparent and conducting photonic crystal rear-contacts for thin-film silicon-based building integrated photovoltaics

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17040-17052

  O'Brien, P G ^a   Chutinan, A ^a   Mahtani, P ^a   Leong, K ^a   Ozin, G A ^a   Kherani, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

A-SI:H; BUILDING-INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS; COLOR TEMPERATURES; INDOOR HEATING; SILICON-BASED; WAVE-OPTICS; ZNO;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 80052234372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017040     Document Type: Article

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