On the design and applicability of nanowire solar cells using low-grade semiconductors

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gharghi, Majid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION PROBABILITIES; CONCISE MODEL; DEVICE PARAMETERS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; JUNCTION DEVICES; JUNCTION STRUCTURE; LOW GRADE; METALLURGICAL-GRADE SILICON; MINORITY CARRIER DIFFUSION LENGTH; NANOWIRE DEVICES; OPTIMAL RANGES; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; RADIAL STRUCTURE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84857397959     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3679134     Document Type: Article

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