Effective light management of three-dimensionally patterned transparent conductive oxide layers

@article{Kim2012EffectiveLM,
  title={Effective light management of three-dimensionally patterned transparent conductive oxide layers},
  author={Joondong Kim and M. S. Kim and Hyunyub Kim and Kyuwan Song and Eunsongyi Lee and Dong-Wook Kim and Ju-Hyung Yun and Byung-Ik Choi and Sunhwa Lee and Chaehwan Jeong and Junsin Yi},
  journal={Applied Physics Letters},
  year={2012},
  volume={101},
  pages={143904},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:121448838}
}
  • Joondong KimM. Kim J. Yi
  • Published 4 October 2012
  • Physics, Engineering, Materials Science
  • Applied Physics Letters
For effective light harvesting, a design weighting should be implemented in a front geometry, in which the incident light transmits from a surface into a light-active layer. We designed a three-dimensionally patterned transparent conductor layer for effective light management. A transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film was formed as three-dimensional structures. This efficiently drives the incident light at the front surface into a Si absorber to yield a reduction in reflection and an… 
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