Wafer-scale growth of silicon microwire arrays for photovoltaics and solar fuel generation

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-297

  Tamboli, Adele C ^a   Chen, Christopher T ^b   Warren, Emily L ^d   Turner Evans, Daniel B ^b   Kelzenberg, Michael D ^c   Lewis, Nathan S ^d   Atwater, Harry A ^b  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Caelux   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwire; nanowire; photoelectrochemical; photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TIME; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; GROWTH SUBSTRATES; LIQUID JUNCTIONS; MATERIAL QUALITY; METHYL VIOLOGEN; MICROWIRE; MICROWIRE ARRAY; MULTICRYSTALLINE SI; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; RUN TO RUN; SCALE-UP; SCALING-UP; SOLAR FUELS; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID GROWTH; WAFER-SCALE; WIRE ARRAYS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOWIRES; POLYSILICON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; VAPORS; WIRE;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 84865171136     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2191941     Document Type: Article

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