Photovoltaic measurements in carbon nanotube - Amorphous silicon core/shell nanowire

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1944-1947

  Zhou, Hang ^a,b   Lentaris, Georgis ^b   Hiralal, Pritesh ^b   Butler, Tim ^b   Unalan, Emrah ^b   Amaratunga, Gehan ^b   Colli, Alan ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon Nanotube; Core Shell Structure; Nanowire; Photodiode

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON LAYERS; COAXIAL NANOWIRES; CORE/SHELL; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; GAINING INSIGHTS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METALLIC CORES; NANOWIRE DEVICES; OUTER SHELLS; PHOTON DETECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; RECTIFICATION RATIO; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SILICON CORES;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; BANDWIDTH; CARBON NANOTUBES; DIODES; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTODIODES; TIN;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84869423114     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2012.6317976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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