A path to implement optimized randomly textured surfaces for solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 13, 2013, Pages

  Wiesendanger, S ^a   Zilk, M ^a   Pertsch, T ^a   Lederer, F ^a   Rockstuhl, C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM TEXTURES; TEXTURED SURFACE; TOPDOWN;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACES; TEXTURES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84884994203     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4823554     Document Type: Article

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