Optical absorption enhancement in silicon nanohole arrays for solar photovoltaics

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1012-1015

  Han, Sang Eon ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanohole; Nanorod; Optical absorption; Photonic crystal; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; NANOHOLE; NANOHOLE ARRAYS; NANOHOLES; NANOROD ARRAYS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS;

ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77949452941     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl904187m     Document Type: Article

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