Optimizing two-level hierarchical particles for thin-film solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 102, 2013, Pages A285-A294

  Zhou, Shiwei ^a   Hunang, Xiaodong ^a   Li, Qing ^b   Xie, Yi Min ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORBING FILMS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; SCATTERING ANGLES; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84875207105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A285     Document Type: Article

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