Characteristics of large-scale nanohole arrays for thin-silicon photovoltaics

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 452-461

  Chen, Ting Gang ^a   Yu, Peichen ^a   Chen, Shih Wei ^b   Chang, Feng Yu ^a   Huang, Bo Yu ^a   Cheng, Yu Chih ^a   Hsiao, Jui Chung ^b   Li, Chi Kang ^c   Wu, Yuh Renn ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

anti reflection; photovoltaic; solar cells; sub wavelength structures

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE ION ETCHING; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANTI-REFLECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POLYSTYRENE NANOSPHERES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES; SURFACE RECOMBINATIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84895920089     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2291     Document Type: Article

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