Multiscale transparent electrode architecture for efficient light management and carrier collection in solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1344-1348

  Boccard, Mathieu ^a   Battaglia, Corsin ^a   Hänni, Simon ^a   Söderström, Karin ^a   Escarré, Jordi ^a   Nicolay, Sylvain ^a   Meillaud, Fanny ^a   Despeisse, Matthieu ^a   Ballif, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

light trapping; nanoimprinting; Photovoltaics; texture; thin film silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LOSS; BI-LAYER; CARRIER COLLECTION; CARRIER EXTRACTION; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE ARCHITECTURE; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; HIGH QUALITY; INDIUM OXIDE; LIGHT MANAGEMENT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MULTISCALES; NANOIMPRINTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SILICON LAYER; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SILICON; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; TUNABILITIES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TEXTURES; ZINC OXIDE;

LIGHT;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84858162401     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203909u     Document Type: Article

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