Disordered submicron structures integrated on glass substrate for broadband absorption enhancement of thin-film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-78

  Lee, Yong Tak ^a   Song, Young Min ^a   Jang, Ji Hoon ^b   Lee, Jeong Chul ^b   Kang, Eun Kyu ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antireflective characteristics; Disordered submicron structures; Nanoparticles; Rigorous coupled wave analysis; Silicon; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; ANGULAR RANGE; ANTIREFLECTIVE; ANTIREFLECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; DISORDERED SUBMICRON STRUCTURES; FILL FACTOR; FLAT SURFACES; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); INCIDENT ANGLES; LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SUBMICRON STRUCTURES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

LITHOGRAPHY; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASMA ETCHING; REFLECTION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

SILVER;

EID: 84862803179     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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