Realizing high-efficiency omnidirectional n-type Si solar cells via the hierarchical architecture concept with radial junctions

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 9325-9335

  Wang, Hsin Ping ^a   Lin, Tzu Yin ^a   Hsu, Chia Wei ^b   Tsai, Meng Lin ^a   Huang, Chih Hsiung ^a   Wei, Wan Rou ^a   Huang, Ming Yi ^c   Chien, Yi Jiunn ^c   Yang, Po Chuan ^c   Liu, Chee Wee ^a   Chou, Li Jen ^b   He, Jr Hau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

chemical polishing etching; hierarchical architecture; high efficiency; omnidirectional; photon management; radial junctions; Si heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; OMNIDIRECTIONAL; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTON MANAGEMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; SILICON; TRACKING (POSITION);

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84886992706     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404015y     Document Type: Article

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