Low-temperature grown indium oxide nanowire-based antireflection coatings for multi-crystalline silicon solar cells

Autor: Yu Cheng-Yeh, I-Chen Chen, Cheng-Wen Kuo, Kuan Ta-Ming, Yu-Cian Wang, Chih-Yao Chen
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: physica status solidi (a). 213:2259-2263
ISSN: 1862-6300
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201600005
Popis: Light harvesting by indium oxide nanowires (InO NWs) as an antireflection layer on multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) solar cells has been investigated. The low-temperature growth of InO NWs was performed in electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) plasma with an O2–Ar system using indium nanocrystals as seed particles via the self-catalyzed growth mechanism. The size-dependence of antireflection properties of InO NWs was studied. A considerable enhancement in short-circuit current (from 35.39 to 38.33 mA cm−2) without deterioration of other performance parameters is observed for mc-Si solar cells coated with InO NWs.
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