Morphology-tunable assembly of periodically aligned Si nanowire and radial pn junction arrays for solar cell applications

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6169-6176

  Li, Xiaocheng ^a   Liang, Kun ^a   Tay, Beng Kang ^a   Teo, Edwin H T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chemical etching; Periodicity; Radial pn junction; Si nanowire; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; NANOWIRES; PASSIVATION; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; CHEMICAL-ETCHING PROCESS; PERIODICITY; PHOSPHOROUS DIFFUSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RADIAL P-N JUNCTIONS; SI NANOWIRE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84860233506     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.091     Document Type: Article

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