Radial n-i-p structure SiNW-based microcrystalline silicon thin-film solar cells on flexible stainless steel

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Xie, Xiaobing ^a   Zeng, Xiangbo ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Li, Jingyan ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Wang, Qiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Microcrystalline; Silicon nanowires; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PLASMA CVD; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS;

ACID TREATMENTS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MICROCRYSTALLINE; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON THIN FILMS; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; SILICON NANOWIRES; STAINLESS STEEL FOIL; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84871206757     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-621     Document Type: Article

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