Analyzing nanotextured transparent conductive oxides for efficient light trapping in silicon thin film solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Dewan, Rahul ^a   Owen, Jorj I ^b   Madzharov, Darin ^a   Jovanov, Vladislav ^a   Hüpkes, Jürgen ^b   Knipp, Dietmar ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DOPED ZINC OXIDE FILMS; CONTACT LAYERS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOTEXTURED; NANOTEXTURED SURFACE; OPTICAL SIMULATION; SILICON THIN FILM; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OXIDE FILMS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84866005791     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4750242     Document Type: Article

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