Optical absorption and photoluminescence of Ag interlayer modulated ZnO film in view of their application in Si solar cells

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 2813-2820

  Wang, Guojing ^a   Li, Zhengcao ^a   Lv, Shasha ^a   Li, Mingyang ^a   Shi, Chuanqing ^a   Liao, Jiecui ^a   Chen, Chienhua ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A. Films; C. Optical properties; D. ZnO

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALLIC FILMS; MULTILAYER FILMS; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; AG INTERLAYERS; ANTI-REFLECTION LAYERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; SI SOLAR CELLS; SI SUBSTRATES; ZNO;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84955189988     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.11.014     Document Type: Article

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