Omnidirectional study of nanostructured glass packaging for solar modules

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-361

  Sakhuja, Mridul ^a   Son, Jaesung ^a   Verma, Lalit K ^a   Yang, Hyunsoo ^a   Bhatia, Charanjit S ^a   Danner, Aaron James ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

angular transmission; antireflection; etching; glass; solar cells; solar modules

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; GLASS; GLASS PLANTS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLAR CELLS;

ANTI-REFLECTION; LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS; NANOSTRUCTURED GLASS; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL MODULE; SOLAR MODULE; SOLAR MODULE EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 84897849482     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2276     Document Type: Article

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