Bismuth-catalyzed and doped silicon nanowires for one-pump-down fabrication of radial junction solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4153-4158

  Yu, Linwei ^a   Fortuna, Franck ^b   O'Donnell, Benedict ^a,c   Jeon, Taewoo ^a   Foldyna, Martin ^a   Picardi, Gennaro ^a   Roca I Cabarrocas, Pere ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

bismuth catalyzed growth; bismuth doping; PECVD thin film deposition; Radial junction solar cell; silicon nanowire; vapor liquid solid growth

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SI; BISMUTH DOPING; DOPED SILICON; DOPING STRATEGIES; LIGHT TRAPPING EFFECTS; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; N-TYPE DOPANTS; PHOSPHINE GAS; SILICON NANOWIRES; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN-FILM DEPOSITIONS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BISMUTH; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; LIQUIDS; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; VAPORS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84864708243     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl3017187     Document Type: Article

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