Hybrid GaAs-nanowire-carbon-nanotube flexible photovoltaics

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1070-1077

  Mohseni, Parsian K ^a   Lawson, Gregor ^b   Adronov, Alex ^b   Lapierre, Ray R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); molecular beam epitaxy; photovoltaic (PV) cell fabrication; semiconductor nanowires (NWs)

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; CONTACT INTERFACE; CORE-SHELL; COVALENT MODIFICATIONS; CURVE RADIUS; DENSELY PACKED ARRANGEMENT; FLEXIBLE DEVICE APPLICATIONS; GAAS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANO-HYBRID FILM; NOVEL MATERIALS; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL FABRICATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SIMPLE METHOD; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISM;

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; GOLD; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 80051676499     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2048097     Document Type: Article

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