New Si-based multilayers for solar cell applications

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nalini, Ramesh Pratibha ^a   Dufour, Christian ^a   Cardin, Julien ^a   Gourbilleau, Fabrice ^a  

^a Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICA; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; MULTILAYERS; SILICON NITRIDE;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; HOST MATRICES; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SI-BASED; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; THERMAL BUDGET; VISIBLE LUMINESCENCE; MATRIX;

MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84255190961     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-156     Document Type: Article

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