Light trapping by Ag nanoparticles chemically assembled inside thin-film hydrogenated microcrystalline Si solar cells

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 4 PART 1, 2012, Pages

  Mizuno, Hidenori ^a   Sai, Hitoshi ^a   Matsubara, Koji ^a   Kondo, Michio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICROCRYSTALLINE SI; NEAR-INFRARED RANGE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE COVERAGES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TWO PARAMETER; WET-CHEMICAL APPROACH; ZNO;

GALLIUM; HYDROGENATION; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; ZINC OXIDE;

SILVER;

EID: 84860461974     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.51.042302     Document Type: Article

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