Efficient light absorption with integrated nanopillar/nanowell arrays for three-dimensional thin-film photovoltaic applications

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2725-2732

  Lin, Qingfeng ^a   Hua, Bo ^a   Leung, Siu Fung ^a   Duan, Xicheng ^a   Fan, Zhiyong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

day integrated absorption; efficient light absorption; thin film photovoltaics; three dimensional nanophotonic structures; vertically integrated nanopillar nanowell structures

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SAMPLES; HIGH ENERGY CONVERSIONS; NANOPHOTONIC STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; SCALABLE METHODS; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCALABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84875653260     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400160n     Document Type: Article

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