@inproceedings{c8365ebb6511469882a785b9bf4d1439,
title = "Modulated surface-textured substrates with high haze for thin-film silicon solar cells",
abstract = "Modulated surface-textured substrates for thin-film silicon solar cells exhibiting high haze in a broad range of wavelengths were fabricated. Glass substrates coated with different thicknesses of a sacrificial layer were wet-etched allowing the manipulation of the surface morphology with surface roughness ranging from 200 nm up to 1000 nm. Subsequently, zinc-oxide layers were sputtered and then wet-etched constituting the final modulated textures. The morphological analysis of the substrates demonstrated the surface modulation, and the optical analysis revealed broad angle intensity distributions and high hazes. A small anti-reflective effect with respect to untreated glass was found for etched glass samples. The performance of solar cells on high-haze substrates was evaluated. The solar cells outperformed the reference cell fabricated on a randomly-textured zinc-oxide-coated flat glass. The trend in the efficiency resembled the increased surface roughness and the anti-reflective effect was confirmed also in solar cell devices.",
keywords = "conference contrib. refereed, Conf.proc. > 3 pag",
author = "O Isabella and P- Liu and B Bolman and J Krc and M Zeman",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1557/opl.2011.945",
language = "English",
publisher = "Materials Research Society",
pages = "1--6",
editor = "B Yan and S Higashi and CC Tsai and Q Wang and H Gleskova",
booktitle = "MRS Proceedings 2011, vol. 1321",
address = "United States",
note = "2011 MRS Spring Meeting ; Conference date: 25-04-2011 Through 29-04-2011",
}