GaAs nanowire/PEDOT:PSS hybrid solar cells: The relationship between nanowire morphology and device performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8111, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chao, Jiun Jie ^a   Shiu, Shu Chia ^a   Hung, Shih Che ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

GaAs nanowire arrays; Heterojunction; Hybrid solar cell; Inductively coupled plasma reactive ion etching; PEDOT: PSS

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ETCHING MASKS; GAAS; GAAS WAFER; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; ICP-RIE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA REACTIVE ION ETCHING; INTERPENETRATING HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; P-N JUNCTION; PEDOT: PSS; PLANAR CELLS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MORPHOLOGY; NANOWIRES; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

EID: 80054085668     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.892871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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