Large-size, high-uniformity, random silver nanowire networks as transparent electrodes for crystalline silicon wafer solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 103, 2013, Pages A355-A362

  Xie, Shouyi ^a   Ouyang, Zi ^a   Jia, Baohua ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELLS;

CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; NANOWIRE NETWORKS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SILVER NANOWIRES; SURFACE COVERAGES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE; TWO-STEP ANNEALING;

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84878582934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A355     Document Type: Article

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