Improved multicrystalline Si solar cells by light trapping from Al nanoparticle enhanced antireflection coating

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 489-495

  Zhang, Yinan ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Ouyang, Zi ^a   Lu, Hongyan ^b   Jia, Baohua ^a   Shi, Zhengrong ^b   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; AL-NANOPARTICLES; BROADBAND LIGHT; MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; MULTICRYSTALLINE SI; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SUPPORT SURFACES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; POLYSILICON; RESONANCE; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84877035370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.3.000489     Document Type: Article

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