A fair comparison between ultrathin crystalline-silicon solar cells with either periodic or correlated disorder inverted pyramid textures

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages A657-A670

  Muller, Jérôme ^a   Herman, Aline ^a   Mayer, Alexandre ^a   Deparis, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FABRICATION; FILLING; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; WET ETCHING;

COLLOIDAL LITHOGRAPHY; CORRELATED DISORDER; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; FILLING FRACTIONS; PATTERN FABRICATION; PATTERNING TECHNIQUES; ULTRATHIN SILICON;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84943158260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.00A657     Document Type: Article

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