Synthesis and characterization of silicon nanorod arrays for solar cell applications

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 221-224

  Kayes, Brendan M ^a   Spurgeon, Joshua M ^a   Sadler, Thomas C ^b   Lewis, Nathan S ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARACTERIZATION; NANORODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CATALYST PARTICLES; NANOROD ARRAYS; SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS; VAPOR LIQUID SOLID (VLS) PROCESS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON;

EID: 41749098298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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