Conjugated polymersilicon nanowire array hybrid Schottky diode for solar cell application

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Fute ^a   Song, Tao ^a   Sun, Baoquan ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DISTANCE; CHARGE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DOMINANT FACTOR; ELECTRIC OUTPUT; ETCHING TIME; HYBRID DEVICES; METAL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL ETCHING; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SILICON NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON SUBSTRATES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE DECAY; VOLTAGE CURVE; WIRE LENGTH;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NANOWIRES; POWER QUALITY; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; WIRE;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84860341696     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/19/194006     Document Type: Article

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