CdTe/CdS core-shell nanowire structures on glass substrates for photovoltaic applications - Growth and characterization

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 000234-000238

  Halliday, D P ^a   Williams, B L ^a,d   Durose, K ^a,d   Mendis, B ^a   Kartopu, G ^b   Irvine, S J C ^b   Zoppi, G ^c   Forbes, I ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDTE; CDTE/CDS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CLOSE SPACE SUBLIMATIONS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; GLASS SUBSTRATES; LOW-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; METAMORPHIC GROWTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID TECHNIQUES;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOWIRES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SUBSTRATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84861057830     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185888     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. M.D. Kelzenberg, D.B. Turner-Evans, B.M. Kayes, M.A. Filler, M.C. Putnam, N.S. Lewis, and H.A. Atwater, "Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells", Nano Lett. 8, 2008, pp.710-714.
2. Z. Fan, H. Razavi, J. Do, A.Moriwaki, O. Ergen, Y-L. Chueh, P.W. Leu, J.C. Ho, T. Takahashi, L.A. Reichertz, S. Neale, K. Yu, M. Wu, J.W. Ager and A. Javey, "Three-dimensional nanopillar-array photovoltaics on low-cost and flexible substrates" Nature Materials 8, 2009, pp.648-653.
3. B.L. Williams, B. Mendis, L. Bowen, D.P. Halliday, and K. Durose, "Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Cadmium Telluride Nanowires by Close-Space-Sublimation for Photovoltaic Applications" MRS Spring Meeting, 2011, to be published.
4. B.L. Williams, K. Durose, G. Kartopu, V. Barrioz, D. Lamb, S.J.C. Irvine, G. Zoppi and I. Forbes, "Nanowire and Core-Shell Structures on Flexible Mo Foil for CdTe Solar Cell Applications", 7th Photovoltaic Science Application and Technology Conference 2011, to be published.
5. L.C. Chuang, M. Moewe, C. Chase, N.P. Kobayashi, C. Chang-Hasnain and S. Crankshaw, "Critical diameter for III-V nanowires grown on lattice-mismatched substrates", Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 2007, pp.043115.
6. A.E. Abken, D.P. Halliday and K. Durose, "Photoluminescence study of polycrystalline photovoltaic CdS thin film layers grown by close-spaced sublimation and chemical bath deposition", Journal of Applied Physics 105, 2009, pp.064515.
7. D.P. Halliday, M.D.G. Potter, J.T. Mullins and A.W. Brinkman, "Photoluminescence study of a bulk vapour grown CdTe crystal", Journal of Crystal Growth 220, 2000, pp.30-38.
8. D.P. Halliday, K. Durose and J.M. Eggleston, "A photoluminescence study of polycrystalline thin film CdTe/CdS solar cells", Journal of Crystal Growth 186, 1998, pp.543 - 549.
9. T. Schmidt, K. Lischka, and W. Zulehner, "Excitation-power dependence of the near-band-edge photoluminescence of semiconductors", Physical Review B, 45, 1992, pp.8989-8994.