Solution-processed core-shell nanowires for efficient photovoltaic cells

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 568-572

  Tang, Jinyao ^a,c   Huo, Ziyang ^a,c   Brittman, Sarah ^a,c   Gao, Hanwei ^a,c   Yang, Peidong ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

CATION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; PARALLEL CONFIGURATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRE; SOLUTION-BASED PROCESS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; CORE SHELL NANOWIRE SOLAR CELL; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY CONVERSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 80052604854     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2011.139     Document Type: Article

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