Novel silicon nanohemisphere-array solar cells with enhanced performance

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Volumn 7, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3138-3143

  Li, Yali ^a,b   Yu, Hongyu ^a,b   Li, Junshuai ^a   Wong, She Mein ^a,b   Sun, Xiao Wei ^a,d   Li, Xianglin ^c   Cheng, Chuanwei ^c   Fan, Hong Jin ^c   Wang, Jian ^b   Singh, Navab ^b   Lo, Patrick Guo Qiang ^b   Kwong, Dim Lee ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROELECTRONICS   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arrays; nanohemispheres; photovoltaic devices; silicon; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; CELL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH QUALITY; LIGHT CONFINEMENTS; NANOHEMISPHERES; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SI NANOWIRE; SURFACE-TEXTURING;

ASPECT RATIO; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 81255209084     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201100950     Document Type: Article

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