Optimizing non-radiative energy transfer in hybrid colloidal-nanocrystal/ silicon structures by controlled nanopillar architectures for future photovoltaic cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Seitz, O ^a   Caillard, L ^a   Nguyen, H M ^b   Chiles, C ^a   Chabal, Y J ^a   Malko, A V ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYBRID STRUCTURE; MICRO PARTICLES; NANOPILLAR; NANOPILLARS; NON-RADIATIVE; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; P-N JUNCTION; SILICON STRUCTURES; SURFACE STATE; THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; MONOLAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

SILICON;

EID: 84855958717     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3675634     Document Type: Article

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