Printable nanostructured silicon solar cells for high-performance, large-area flexible photovoltaics

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10507-10516

  Lee, Sung Min ^a   Biswas, Roshni ^a   Li, Weigu ^a   Kang, Dongseok ^a   Chan, Lesley ^a   Yoon, Jongseung ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

flexible optoelectronics; nanoimprint lithography; nanophotonic light trapping; nanostructured solar cells; transfer printing; ultrathin silicon

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES;

FLEXIBLE OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSFER PRINTING; ULTRATHIN SILICON;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84908439373     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503884z     Document Type: Article

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