µc-Si:H	Microcrystalline silicon
1D	One-dimensional
2D	Two-dimensional
3D	Three-dimensional
Al-BSF	Aluminum back surface field
AAM	Anodic alumina membrane
ARC	Antireflection coating
AFM	Atomic force microscopy
a-Si:H	Hydrogenated amorphous silicon
AZO	Alumina-doped zinc oxide
CdS	Cadmium sulfide
CdTe	Cadmium telluride
CIGS	Copper indium gallium diselenide
c-Si	Crystalline silicon
CTL	Charge carrier transport layer
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DPN	Dip-pen lithography
EBL	Electron beam lithography
EM	Electromagnetic
FIB	Focused ion beam
LIL	Laser interference lithography
LSPP	Localized surface plasmon polariton
LSPR	Localized surface plasmon resonance
LSP	Localized surface plasmon
MCPS	Microcone patterned substrate
NIL	Nanoimprint lithography
NPs	Nanoparticles
NSL	Nanosphere lithography
OPV	Organic photovoltaics
PCE	Power conversion efficiency
PV	Photovoltaics
QCS	Quasicrystal structure
RCWA	Rigorous coupled wave analysis
SCS	Scattering cross-section
SECM	Scanning electrochemical microscopy
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
SERS	Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
SPP	Surface plasmon polariton
SPR	Surface plasmon resonance
SSD	Solid-state dewetting
SThM	Scanning thermal microscopy
TCO	Transparent conductive oxide
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
TiN	Titanium nitride
TiO2	Titanium oxide
TW	Terawatt
UV	Ultraviolet
ZrN	Zirconium nitride
λ	Wavelength
Λ	Periodic structure