Studying nanostructured nipple arrays of moth eye facets helps to design better thin film solar cells

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dewan, Rahul ^a   Fischer, Stefan ^a   Benno Meyer Rochow, V ^a   Özdemir, Yasemin ^a   Hamraz, Saeed ^a   Knipp, Dietmar ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERARIA OHRIDELLA; GRACILLARIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; CORNEA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENSES; MOTHS; NANOSTRUCTURES; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84857558990     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016003     Document Type: Article

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