A high efficiency dual-junction solar cell implemented as a nanowire array

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 101, 2013, Pages A167-A172

  Yu, Shuqing ^a   Witzigmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WIRE; SOLAR CELLS;

ABSORPTIVITIES; CONCENTRATION EFFECTS; CORE WIRES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE RELATIONSHIP; DUAL-JUNCTION; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MICROSCOPIC SIMULATION; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; PROPER DESIGN; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

SOLAR CELLS; NANOWIRES;

NANOWIRE; SILICON;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NANOWIRES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872709977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A167     Document Type: Article

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