Sn-catalyzed silicon nanowire solar cells with 4.9% efficiency grown on glass

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-81

  Cho, Jinyoun ^a,d   O'Donnell, Benedict ^a,b   Yu, Linwei ^a   Kim, Ka Hyun ^a,b   Ngo, Irène ^c   Cabarrocas, Pere Roca I ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d KCC   (South Korea)

Author keywords

light trapping; photovoltaic; radial junction; silicon nanowire; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; RADIAL JUNCTION; SILICON NANOWIRES; SPUTTERED LAYERS; TEXTURED SUBSTRATES; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID PROCESS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CATALYSIS; GLASS; HYDROGENATION; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; VAPORS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84873740660     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1245     Document Type: Article

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