Direct-bandgap epitaxial core-multishell nanopillar photovoltaics featuring subwavelength optical concentrators

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1632-1637

  Mariani, Giacomo ^a   Zhou, Zhengliu ^a   Scofield, Adam ^a   Huffaker, Diana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

concentrator; core shell; dome; GaAs; ITO; nanopillar; Nanowire; passivation; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATOR; CORE-SHELL; GAAS; ITO; NANOPILLAR;

DOMES; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LENSES; NANOWIRES; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SOLAR CELLS;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; QUANTUM DOT; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ARSENICALS; ELECTRODES; GALLIUM; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84876058869     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl400083g     Document Type: Article

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