The versatile designs and optimizations for cylindrical TiO2-based scatterers for solar cell anti-reflection coatings

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 106, 2013, Pages A1052-A1064

  Lin, Albert ^a   Zhong, Yan Kai ^a   Fu, Sze Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DESIGN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOPARTICLES; NANOTIPS; PASSIVATION; REFLECTION; SCATTERING; SILICON; SILICON OXIDES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; OPTIMIZATION;

ACTIVE MATERIAL; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; DIELECTRIC SCATTERERS; GEOMETRICAL OPTIMIZATION; INTERFACE RECOMBINATION; OPTIMIZED GEOMETRIES; SILICON NANOTIPS; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS; ULTIMATE DESIGN;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; DESIGN;

EID: 84887435618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.0A1052     Document Type: Article

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