Enhanced light absorption of amorphous silicon thin film by substrate control and ion irradiation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Yuan, Fangda ^a   Li, Zhengcao ^a   Zhang, Tianci ^a   Miao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Zhengjun ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhanced light absorption; Irridiation; Silicon

Indexed keywords

ION BOMBARDMENT; IONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPILLARS; NANOSPHERES; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON THIN FILMS; ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; IRRIDIATION; MAGNETIC SPUTTERING; PS NANO SPHERES; WAVELENGTH RANGES; XE ION-IRRADIATION;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 84903944631     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-173     Document Type: Article

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