Broadband antireflection TiO2-SiO2 stack coatings with refractive-index-grade structure and their applications to Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 505-512

  Li, Dezeng ^a   Wan, Dongyun ^b   Zhu, Xiaolong ^b   Wang, Yaoming ^b   Han, Zhen ^a   Han, Shuangshuang ^a   Shan, Yongkui ^a   Huang, Fuqiang ^b,c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Broadband antireflection; Efficiency; Sol gel dip coating

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTI-REFLECTION; BROADBAND ANTI REFLECTIONS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; HIGH POTENTIAL; SOL GEL DIP COATING; SOLAR TRANSMITTANCE; TIO; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

COATINGS; EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84907196906     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.042     Document Type: Article

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