Electrochemically synthesized broadband antireflective and hydrophobic GaOOH nanopillars for III-V InGaP/GaAs/Ge triplejunction solar cell applications

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Leem, Jung Woo ^a   Lee, Hee Kwan ^a,b   Jun, Dong Hwan ^b   Heo, Jonggon ^b   Park, Won Kyu ^b   Park, Jin Hong ^c   Yu, Jae Su ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center (KANC)   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REDUCTION; REFLECTION; GERMANIUM;

DEVICE APPLICATION; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION METHODS; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; TRIPLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896324112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.00A328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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