Light trapping in thin-film solar cells via scattering by nanostructured antireflection coatings

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Li, X H ^a   Li, P C ^a   Hu, D Z ^b,c   Schaadt, D M ^b,c   Yu, E T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Energy Center of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEVICE LAYERS; FABRY-PEROT RESONANCES; LATERAL PROPAGATION; LONG-WAVELENGTH PHOTONS; NANO SPHERE LITHOGRAPHY; OPTICAL WAVELENGTH; QUANTUM-WELL SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; SCATTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LIGHT;

EID: 84882447268     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4816782     Document Type: Article

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