ZnO nanorods as antireflective coatings for industrial-scale single-crystalline silicon solar cells

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1253-1257

  Aurang, Pantea ^a   Demircioglu, Olgu ^a   Es, Firat ^a   Turan, Rasit ^a   Unalan, Husnu Emrah ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; EFFECTIVE LIFETIME; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PASSIVATION EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SINGLE CRYSTALLINE SILICON; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; INDUSTRY; NANORODS; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84876101080     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12200     Document Type: Article

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