Photovoltaic measurements in single-nanowire silicon solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 710-714

  Kelzenberg, Michael D ^a   Turner Evans, Daniel B ^a   Kayes, Brendan M ^a   Filier, Michael A ^a   Putnam, Morgan C ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTHS; GLOBAL ILLUMINATION; SCANNING PHOTOCURRENT MICROSCOPY;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SILICON;

SOLAR CELLS;

NANOTUBE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON;

EID: 40449090496     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl072622p     Document Type: Article

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