Dispersion, Wave Propagation and Efficiency Analysis of Nanowire Solar Cells

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 10399-10410

  Kupec, J ^a   Witzigmann, B ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Computational Electronics and Photonics Group ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NANOWIRES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DIFFERENT GEOMETRY; DUAL-JUNCTION CELLS; EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY LIMITS; EIGENVALUE CALCULATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; THIN FILM DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

INDIUM; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOMATERIAL; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INDIUM; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOSPHINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 66849111726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.010399     Document Type: Article

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