Quantum dot solar cells using 2-dimensional array of 6.4-nm-diameter silicon nanodisks fabricated using bio-templates and neutral beam etching

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Igarashi, Makoto ^a,b   Fairuz Budiman, Mohd ^a,b   Pan, Wugen ^c   Hu, Weiguo ^a,b   Usami, Noritaka ^c   Samukawa, Seiji ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; 2D ARRAYS; DAMAGE-FREE; FILL FACTOR; IRON CORES; MINIBAND FORMATION; NANODISKS; NEUTRAL BEAM ETCHING; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOT SUPERLATTICES; TOP-DOWN PROCESS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PARTICLE BEAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON CARBIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

EID: 84865147466     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4745195     Document Type: Article

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