Selectively transparent and conducting photonic crystal solar spectrum splitters made of alternating sputtered indium-tin oxide and spin-coated silica nanoparticle layers for enhanced photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-183

  O'Brien, Paul G ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Chutinan, Alongkarn ^a   Mahtani, Pratish ^a   Leong, Keith ^a   Puzzo, Daniel P ^a   Bonifacio, Leonardo D ^a   Lin, Chen Wei ^a   Ozin, Geoffrey A ^a   Kherani, Nazir P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Photonic crystals; Photovoltaics; Solar energy; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING LAYERS; CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; GLASS SLIDES; INCIDENT ANGLES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ITO FILMS; MICROMORPH SOLAR CELLS; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; PASS BANDS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TEXTURED SURFACE; VISIBLE SPECTRA; WAVE OPTICS;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; INDIUM; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REFLECTION; SILICA; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 84861095809     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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