Investigation of the optical absorption of a-Si:H solar cells on micro- and nano-textured surfaces

Energy Procedia

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-172

  Sahraei, Nasim ^a   Venkataraj, Selvaraj ^a   Aberle, Armin G ^a   Peters, Ian Marius ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

A Si:H; Aluminium induced texturing (AIT); Micro textures; Thin film solar cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892663870     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.05.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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