High-efficiency ordered silicon nano-conical-frustum array solar cells by self-powered parallel electron lithography

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4651-4656

  Lu, Yuerui ^a   Lal, Amit ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

light trapping; nanocone; parallel lithography; photonic crystal; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; ARRAY STRUCTURES; CARRIER COLLECTION; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LITHOGRAPHY RESOLUTION; LOW COSTS; NANOCONE; NANOSTRUCTURED SILICON; ORDERED NANOSTRUCTURES; PARALLEL LITHOGRAPHY; SELF-POWERED; TOPDOWN; ULTRATHIN SILICON; UPPER BOUND;

ENERGY HARVESTING; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 78449272437     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102867a     Document Type: Article

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