Management of light-trapping effect for a-Si:H/μc-Si:H tandem solar cells using novel substrates, based on MOCVD ZnO and etched white glass

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-213

  Janthong, Bancha ^a   Moriya, Yuki ^a   Hongsingthong, Aswin ^b   Sichanugrist, Porponth ^a   Konagai, Makoto ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Etched white glass a Si:H c Si:H tandem solar cells; Light trapping; TCO; ZnO:B

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LIGHT-TRAPPING EFFECTS; LONG-WAVELENGTH REGIONS; SODA LIME GLASS SUBSTRATE; TCO; THIN-FILM SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ZNO;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ETCHING; GLASS; LIME; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84884907855     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.045     Document Type: Article

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