Enhanced absorption in silicon nanocone arrays for photovoltaics

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Baomin ^a   Leu, Paul W ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE-DEPENDENT; CARRIER GENERATION; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; MIRROR SYMMETRY; NANO-CONES; NANOCONE ARRAYS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; NANOWIRES ARRAYS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOLAR ABSORPTION;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84860326648     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/19/194003     Document Type: Article

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