Toward efficient and omnidirectional n-type si solar cells: Concurrent improvement in optical and electrical characteristics by employing microscale hierarchical structures

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2959-2969

  Wang, Hsin Ping ^a,b   Lin, Tzu Yin ^a   Tsai, Meng Lin ^a   Tu, Wei Chen ^a   Huang, Ming Yi ^c   Liu, Chee Wee ^a   Chueh, Yu Lun ^b   He, Jr Hau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

light scattering; microscaled hierarchical structure; omnidirectional n type Si solar cells; Si heterojunction solar cells

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; TRACKING (POSITION);

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MINORITY CARRIER LIFETIMES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; SI SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84896942662     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500257g     Document Type: Article

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