Mesoporous silica nanocomposite antireflective coating for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 134, Issue , 2015, Pages 359-363

  Wakefield, Gareth ^a   Adair, Megan ^a   Gardener, Martin ^a   Greiner, Dieter ^b   Kaufmann, Christian A ^b   Moghal, Jonathan ^a,c  

^a Begbroke Science Park Oxford   (United Kingdom)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti reflection; CIGS solar cells; Mesoporous silica; Short circuit current

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COPPER; GALLIUM; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; SILICA; THIN FILMS;

ANTI REFLECTION; ANTI REFLECTIVE COATINGS; ANTI-REFLECTION EFFECTS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; MESOPOROUS SILICA; MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE COATINGS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84920479589     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.12.022     Document Type: Article

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