Efficiency improvement of silicon nanostructure-based solar cells

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Bohr Ran ^a   Yang, Ying Kan ^a   Yang, Wen Luh ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

phosphorus silicate glass (PSG), metal assisted electroless etching (MAEE); silicon nanostructure (SNS) based solar cell; surface coverage

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ETCHING; GLASS; PHOSPHORUS; REFLECTION; SILICATES;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTROLESS ETCHINGS; ETCHING SOLUTIONS; PHOSPHORUS SILICATE GLASS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICON NANO STRUCTURES; SILICON SURFACES; SURFACE COVERAGES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896508090     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/3/035401     Document Type: Article

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