Patterned radial GaAs nanopillar solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2490-2494

  Mariani, Giacomo ^a   Wong, Ping Show ^a   Katzenmeyer, Aaron M ^a   Léonard, Francois ^a   Shapiro, Joshua ^a   Huffaker, Diana L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

AZO; catalyst free growth; ITO; Nanowire; solar cell; transparent contact

Indexed keywords

AZO; CATALYST-FREE; CATALYST-FREE GROWTH; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; GAAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ITO; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; METAL CATALYST; NANOPILLAR; PHOTOCARRIER; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECTIFICATION RATIO; TRANSPARENT CONTACT;

CATALYSTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ARSENICALS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; GALLIUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79958783337     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl200965j     Document Type: Article

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