Inverted nanocone-based thin film photovoltaics with omnidirectionally enhanced performance

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6484-6490

  Lin, Qingfeng ^a   Leung, Siu Fung ^a   Lu, Linfeng ^b   Chen, Xiaoyuan ^b   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Tang, Haoning ^a   Su, Wenjun ^c   Li, Dongdong ^b   Fan, Zhiyong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

aspect ratio; energy conversion efficiency; inverted nanocones; light absorption capability; low cost and scalable approach; thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COSTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION CAPABILITY; AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; NANO-CONES; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; PORTABLE POWER SOURCES; SCALABLE APPROACH; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84903465746     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5023878     Document Type: Article

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