High-haze and wide-spectrum hydrogenated MGZO TCO films on micro-textured glass substrates for thin-film solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-50

  Liu, Jie Ming ^a,b   Chen, Xin Liang ^a,b   Fang, Jia ^a,b   Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Zhang, Xiao Dan ^a,b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Chemically etched glass; H2 introduction; Solar cells; Textured surface; Wide spectrum; ZnO films

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ENERGY GAP; GLASS; HYDROGENATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

C-AXIS-PREFERRED ORIENTATION; H2 INTRODUCTION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; TEXTURED SURFACE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE FILMS; WIDE SPECTRUM; ZNO FILMS;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 84924917240     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.02.033     Document Type: Article

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