Porous SiO2/MgF2 broadband antireflection coatings for superstrate-type silicon-based tandem cells

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 7445-7453

  Wang, Na Fu ^a   Kuo, Ting Wei ^b   Tsai, Yu Zen ^a   Lin, Shi Xiong ^b   Hung, Pin Kun ^b   Lin, Chiung Lin ^a   Houng, Mau Phon ^b  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; POROUS SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

ANTI-REFLECTION; BROAD SPECTRAL; BROADBAND ANTIREFLECTION; DOUBLE LAYERS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; NEAR INFRARED REGION; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; POROUS SIO; SILICON-BASED; TANDEM CELLS; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

SILICON OXIDES;

FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM DERIVATIVE; MAGNESIUM FLUORIDE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POROSITY; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORIDES; LENSES; LIGHT; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84859406120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.007445     Document Type: Article

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