Photovoltaic characterizations of crisscrossed-silicon-nanorod solar cells

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1299-1301

  Yang, Jung Yen ^a   Liu, Chien Wei ^a,d   Cheng, Chin Lung ^b   Jeng, Jin Tsong ^b   Dai, Bau Tong ^a   Lin, Jian Shian ^c,e   Chen, Kun Cheng ^b  

^a NATIONAL NANO DEVICE LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

External quantum efficiency (EQE); Photovoltaic; Silicon nanorods; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (EQE); GROWTH TIME; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SI(1 0 0); STACKED STRUCTURE; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 70549110011     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2032132     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. K. H. Yeo, S. D. Suk, M. Li, Y. Y. Yeoh, K. H. Cho, K. H. Hong, S. K. Yun, M. S. Lee, N. Cho, K. Lee, D. Hwang, B. Park, D. W. Kim, D. Park, and B. I. Ryu, "Gate-all-around (GAA) twin silicon nanowire MOSFET (TSNWFET) with 15 nm length gate and 4 nm radius nanowires," in IEDM Tech. Dig., 2006, pp. 1-4.
2. L. Hu and G. Chen, "Analysis of optical absorption in silicon nanowire arrays for photovoltaic applications," Nano Lett., vol.7, no.11, pp. 3249- 3252, Nov. 2007.
3. B. M. Kayes, M. A. Filler, M. C. Putnam, M. D. Kelzenberg, N. S. Lewis, and H. A. Atwater, "Growth of vertically aligned Si wire arrays over large areas (1 cm2) with Au and Cu catalysts," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol.91, no.10, p. 103 110, Sep. 2007.
4. C. L. Cheng, C. W. Liu, J. T. Jeng, B. T. Dai, and Y. H. Lee, "Fabrication and characterizations of black hybrid silicon nanomaterials as light trapping textures for silicon solar cells," J. Electrochem. Soc., vol.156, no.5, pp. H356-H360, 2009.
5. B. M. Kayes, H. A. Atwater, and N. S. Lewis, "Comparison of the device physics principles of planar and radial p-n junction nanorod solar cells," J. Appl. Phys., vol.97, no.11, p. 114 302, May 2005.
6. L. Tsakalakos, J. Balch, J. Fronheiser, B. A. Korevaar, O. Sulima, and J. Rand, "Silicon nanowire solar cells," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol.91, no.23, p. 233 117, Dec. 2007.
7. B. Tian, X. Zheng, T. J. Kempa, Y. Fang, N. Yu, G. Yu, J. Huang, and C. M. Lieber, "Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources," Nature, vol.449, no.7164, pp. 885-890, Oct. 2007.
8. T. Stelzner, M. Pietsch, G. Andra, F. Falk, E. Ose, and S. Christiansen, "Silicon nanowire-based solar cells," Nanotechnology, vol.19, no.29, p. 295 203, Jun. 2008.
9. E. Fornies, C. Zaldo, and J. M. Albella, "Control of random texture of monocrystalline silicon cells by angle-resolved optical reflectance," Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, vol.87, no.1-4, pp. 583-593, May 2005.
10. S. Koynov, M. S. Brandt, and M. Stutzmann, "Black nonreflecting silicon surfaces for solar cells," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol.88, no.20, p. 203 107, May 2006.
11. A. V. Shah, H. Schade, M. Vanecek, J. Meier, E. Vallat-Sauvain, N. Wyrsch, U. Kroll, C. Droz, and J. Bailat, "Thin-film silicon solar cell technology," Prog. Photovolt., vol. 12, no. 2/3, pp. 113-142, 2004.
12. B. Li, D. Yu, and S. L. Zhang, "Raman spectral study of silicon nanowires," Phys. Rev. B, Condens. Matter, vol.59, no.3, pp. 1645-1648, Jan. 1999.
13. T. C. Wong, C. C. Yu, and J. J. Wu, "Low temperature growth and structural characterization of nanocrystalline silicon films," J. Cryst. Growth, vol.243, no.3, pp. 419-426, Sep. 2002.