Efficiency improvement of III-V GaAs solar cells using biomimetic TiO 2 subwavelength structures with wide-angle and broadband antireflection properties

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-49

  Leem, Jung Woo ^a   Su Yu, Jae ^a   Jun, Dong Hwan ^b   Heo, Jonggon ^b   Park, Won Kyu ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center (KANC)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antireflective subwavelength structures; Dry etching; GaAs single junction solar cells; Gold nanopatterns; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; BIOMIMETICS; DRY ETCHING; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GOLD; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

BROADBAND ANTI REFLECTIONS; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; III-V GAAS SOLAR CELLS; NANO PATTERN; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84899876283     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.041     Document Type: Article

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