Texturing of polycrystalline photovoltaic materials using vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 634-640

  Flicker, Jack ^a   Ready, W Jud ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Ex Ponent Failure Analysis Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

3D; carbon nanotubes; nanomaterials; photovoltaics; texturing

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TEXTURING; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

3D; INCIDENT ANGLES; OFF-NORMAL ANGLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84901192708     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2312     Document Type: Article

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