Current enhancement of aluminum doped ZnO/n-Si isotype heterojunction solar cells by embedding silver nanoparticles

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 5547-5551

  Yun, Juhyung ^a   Kim, Joondong ^b   Kojori, Hossein Shokri ^c   Kim, Sung Jim ^c   Tong, Chong ^a   Anderson, Wayne A ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag Nanoparticles Embedding; AZO; Heterojunction; Isotype; Si; Solar Cells

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; AZO; CURRENT SPREADING EFFECT; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ISOTYPE; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS);

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL FILMS; PLASMONS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

SILVER;

EID: 84883341862     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.7489     Document Type: Article

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