Effective conversion efficiency enhancement of solar cell using ZnO/PS antireflection coating layers

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 541-547

  Salman, Khaldun A ^a   Omar, Khalid ^a   Hassan, Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti reflection coating; Efficiency; Porous silicon; Solar cell; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; HIGH QUALITY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW-COST SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; RADIO FREQUENCY SPUTTERING; RAMAN MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; EFFICIENCY; METALLIC FILMS; POROUS SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ZINC COATINGS;

COATING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINITY; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM; LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POROSITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REFLECTANCE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SILICON; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; ZINC;

EID: 84855192857     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.030     Document Type: Article

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