The effect of the sin optical constants on the performances of a new antireflection coating concept

CEAT 2013 - 2013 IEEE Conference on Clean Energy and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 373-378

  Beye, M ^a   Maiga, A S ^a   Ndiaye, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER   (Senegal)

Author keywords

antireflection coatings; silicon nanoparticles; Silicon nitride; solar cells

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; REFLECTION; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; DIELECTRIC NANOPARTICLES; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; SILICON CONTENTS; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; SILICON SURFACES; SIMULATED RESULTS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 84898831956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CEAT.2013.6775659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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