Numerical simulations of absorption properties of InP nanowires for solar cell applications

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 945-953

  Kailuweit, Peter ^a   Peters, Marius ^a   Leene, Jack ^b   Mergenthaler, Kilian ^c   Dimroth, Frank ^a   Bett, Andreas W ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b Sol Voltaics AB   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

nanowire solar cells; optical generation; RCWA; simulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROPERTY; ELECTRICAL SIMULATION; INP; LIGHT WAVELENGTHS; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL GENERATION; OPTICAL SIMULATION; RCWA; RIGOROUS COUPLED WAVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

SOLAR CELLS; WIRE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84869990475     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1169     Document Type: Article

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