Efficiency enhancement of silicon solar cells using a nano-scale honeycomb broadband antireflection structure

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 101, 2012, Pages A85-A93

  Huang, C K ^a   Sun, K W ^a   Chang, W L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LITHOGRAPHY; MANUFACTURE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTI-REFLECTION; BROADBAND ANTIREFLECTION; CRYSTALLINE SI; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; NANO SCALE; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; NIR WAVELENGTH; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; ZNO;

HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES;

NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84855416610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.000A85     Document Type: Article

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