Alkali-templated surface nanopatterning of chalcogenide thin films: A novel approach toward solar cells with enhanced efficiency

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3334-3340

  Reinhard, Patrick ^a   Bissig, Benjamin ^a   Pianezzi, Fabian ^a   Hagendorfer, Harald ^a   Sozzi, Giovanna ^b   Menozzi, Roberto ^b   Gretener, Christina ^a   Nishiwaki, Shiro ^a   Buecheler, Stephan ^a   Tiwari, Ayodhya N ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

alkali elements; Cu(In,Ga)Se2< inf>; nanopatterns; passivation; solar cells; templates

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS; THIN FILMS;

ALKALI ELEMENTS; CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILMS; CU (IN ,GA)SE; NANO PATTERN; PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SELECTIVE DISSOLUTION; TEMPLATES;

SOLAR CELLS;

ALKALI; NANOMATERIAL; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ALKALIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; WATER;

EID: 84929150871     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00584     Document Type: Article

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