Large-scale micro- and nanopatterns of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 thin film solar cells by mold-assisted chemical-etching process

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 3907-3916

  Wang, Yi Chung ^a   Cheng, Hsiang Ying ^a   Yen, Yu Ting ^a   Wu, Tsung Ta ^a,b   Hsu, Cheng Hung ^a   Tsai, Hung Wei ^a   Shen, Chang Hong ^b   Shieh, Jia Min ^b   Chueh, Yu Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

agarose stamp; Cu(In; Ga)Se2; microand nanostructures; mold assisted chemical etching process

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; FILM THICKNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION BEHAVIORS; AGAROSE STAMP; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL-ETCHING PROCESS; COMPLETE DISSOLUTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; MICROSTRUCTURE ARRAYS; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM;

THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929120123     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00701     Document Type: Article

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