Large scale antireflective glass texturing using grid contacts in anodization methods

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-13

  Son, Jaesung ^a   Sakhuja, Mridul ^a   Danner, Aaron J ^a   Bhatia, Charanjit S ^a   Yang, Hyunsoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anodization; Antireflection; Nanolithography; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATION METHOD; ANODIZATIONS; ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTIREFLECTIVE NANOSTRUCTURE; ANTIREFLECTIVE PROPERTIES; LARGE-AREA GLASS SUBSTRATE; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; GLASS INDUSTRY; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

GLASS;

EID: 84876927020     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.03.038     Document Type: Article

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