Nanostructured materials for improved photoconversion

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-197

  Franceschetti, Alberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BAND GAPS; BAND-EDGE ABSORPTION; CARRIER GENERATION; CELL ARCHITECTURES; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; CONFIGURATION SPACE; CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; LARGE NANOSTRUCTURES; LOWER COST; OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SINGLE PHOTONS; SIZE CONTROL; SURFACE TERMINATION; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIRD GENERATION; TUNABILITIES; UP-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

CALCULATIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

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EID: 79956086397     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2011.35     Document Type: Article

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