Energy-conversion properties of vapor-liquid-solid-grown silicon wire-array photocathodes

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5962, 2010, Pages 185-187

  Boettcher, Shannon W ^a   Spurgeon, Joshua M ^a   Putnam, Morgan C ^a   Warren, Emily L ^a   Turner Evans, Daniel B ^a   Kelzenberg, Michael D ^a   Maiolo, James R ^a   Atwater, Harry A ^a   Lewis, Nathan S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; PARAQUAT; SILICON;

ABSORPTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCATHODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SOLID; VAPOR;

EID: 74249091524     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1180783     Document Type: Article

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