Nano-patterned glass superstrates with different aspect ratios for enhanced light harvesting in a-Si: H thin film solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 103, 2012, Pages A412-A417

  Chen, Ting Gang ^a   Yu, Peichen ^a   Tsai, Yu Lin ^a   Shen, Chang Hong ^b   Shieh, Jia Min ^b   Tsai, Min An ^c   Kuo, Hao Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SILICON; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; SOLAR CELLS;

A-SI:H; ANTI-REFLECTION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FLAT GLASS; GLASS CELL; GRADED REFRACTIVE INDICES; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MATERIAL INTERFACES; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURED GLASS; PRODUCTION APPROACH; SUPERSTRATES; SURFACE REFLECTIONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; SI:H THIN FILM;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84861137516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.00A412     Document Type: Article

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