Polarization dependent solar cell conversion efficiency at oblique incident angles and the corresponding improvement using surface nanoparticle coating

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 48, 2011, Pages

  Hung, Yen Jen ^a   Hsu, Shao Sun ^a   Wang, Yu Ting ^a   Chang, Chun Hsiang ^a   Chen, Liang Yi ^a   Su, Liang Yu ^a   Huang, Jian Jang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CELL SURFACES; INCIDENCE ANGLES; INCIDENT ANGLES; INCIDENT LIGHT; NANOPARTICLE COATINGS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; OBLIQUE ANGLES; PHOTORESPONSIVITY; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA PARTICLES; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY; TE AND TM WAVES; TE WAVE; TILTED ANGLE; TM POLARIZATION; TRANSVERSE ELECTRICS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC;

ABSORPTION; CELL MEMBRANES; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80855144799     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/48/485202     Document Type: Article

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