InP nanowire array solar cells achieving 13.8% efficiency by exceeding the ray optics limit

Science

Volumn 339, Issue 6123, 2013, Pages 1057-1060

  Wallentin, Jesper ^a   Anttu, Nicklas ^a   Asoli, Damir ^b   Huffman, Maria ^b   Åberg, Ingvar ^b   Magnusson, Martin H ^b   Siefer, Gerald ^c   Fuss Kailuweit, Peter ^c   Dimroth, Frank ^c   Witzigmann, Bernd ^d   Xu, H Q ^a,e   Samuelson, Lars ^a   Deppert, Knut ^a   Borgström, Magnus T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Sol Voltaics AB   (Sweden)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ARRAY; ELECTRIC FIELD; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OPTICAL METHOD; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOFABRICATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84874355840     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1230969     Document Type: Article

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