Modeling and control of Transparent Conducting Oxide layer surface morphology for improved light trapping

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 74, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-147

  Huang, Jianqiao ^a   Orkoulas, Gerassimos ^a   Christofides, Panagiotis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed parameter systems; Model predictive control; Surface roughness; Thin film solar cells; Transparent Conducting Oxide (TCO) layer; Visible light wavelength

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS; MODEL PREDICTIVE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE; VISIBLE-LIGHT WAVELENGTHS;

ACTUATORS; ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLERS; DEPOSITION RATES; DESIGN; FILM GROWTH; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MANUFACTURE; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS; WAVELENGTH;

VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84858727120     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.02.030     Document Type: Article

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