Engineered nanomaterials for solar energy conversion

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Mlinar, Vladan ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; INTERMEDIATE-BAND SOLAR CELLS; MULTIPLE EXCITON; NATURE OF LIGHT; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; P-N JUNCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; STATE OF THE ART;

ANTENNAS; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872099935     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/4/042001     Document Type: Review

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