Thin-film silicon solar cell development on imprint-textured glass substrates

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 617-622

  Paetzold, Ulrich Wilhelm ^a   Zhang, Wendi ^a   Prömpers, Michael ^a   Kirchhoff, Joachim ^a   Merdzhanova, Tsvetelina ^a   Michard, Stephan ^a   Carius, Reinhard ^a   Gordijn, Aad ^a   Meier, Matthias ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imprint; Light trapping; Microcrystalline silicon; Silicon; Solar cells; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GLASS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INCIDENT LIGHT; MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CELL/B.E; FILL-FACTOR; GLASS SUBSTRATES; IMPRINT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICROCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; RANDOM TEXTURES; SOLAR CELL DEVELOPMENT; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84876415510     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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