Optical transmission enhancement of fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) on glass for thin film photovoltaic applications

Energy Procedia

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 660-669

  Chowdhury, Farsad Imtiaz ^a   Blaine, Thomas ^a   Gougam, Adel B ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Average transmission; Etching; FTO; TCAD; TCO; Texturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898051528     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2013.11.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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