Analysis of optical absorption in silicon nanowire arrays for photovoltaic applications

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3249-3252

  Lu, Hu ^a   Gang, Chen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILLING RATIO; LOW-FREQUENCY REGIME; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

NANOWIRES;

NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ELECTRIC WIRING; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SOFTWARE;

EID: 36749054048     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl071018b     Document Type: Article

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