Scattering effect of the high-index dielectric nanospheres for high performance hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin-film solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yang, Zhenhai ^a   Gao, Pingqi ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^b   Li, Xiaofeng ^b   Ye, Jichun ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84979523537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep30503     Document Type: Article

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