Fabrication and characterization of silicon wire solar cells having ZnO nanorod antireflection coating on Al-doped ZnO seed layer

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Baek, Seong Ho ^a   Noh, Bum Young ^b   Park, Il Kyu ^b   Kim, Jae Hyun ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; Antireflection coating; Atomic layer deposition; Silicon microwire; Solar cells; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COATINGS; ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING; FABRICATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; OPTICAL FILMS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; WIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO; FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SILICON MICROWIRE; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; ZNO NANOROD;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84862919080     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-29     Document Type: Article

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