Well-aligned single-crystalline silicon nanowire hybrid solar cells on glass

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-624

  Huang, Jing Shun ^a   Hsiao, Chieh Yu ^a   Syu, Shu Jia ^a   Chao, Jiun Jie ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hybrid solar cells; Silicon nanowires

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC WIRE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GLASS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; SUBSTRATES; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

BUTYRIC ACIDS; CONDUCTION PATHS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; EXCITON DISSOCIATIONS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; METHYL ESTERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SHORT-CIRCUIT CURRENT DENSITIES; SI WAFERS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; SURFACE AREAS; WELL-ALIGNED;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 62549145301     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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