Optical and electrical simulations of two-junction III-V nanowires on Si solar cell

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bu, Shaojiang ^a   Li, Xinhua ^a   Wen, Long ^a   Zeng, Xuesong ^a   Zhao, Yufeng ^a   Wang, Wenbo ^a   Wang, Yuqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL; CURRENT MATCHING; DETAILED BALANCE; ELECTRICAL SIMULATION; GAINP; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIGHT-TRAPPING; NANOWIRES ARRAYS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; RECOMBINATION RATE; SI SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84872961817     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4788750     Document Type: Article

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