Hybrid energy harvester based on nanopillar solar cells and PVDF nanogenerator

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Dae Yeong ^a,c   Kim, Hyunjin ^b   Li, Hua Min ^a   Jang, A Rang ^a   Lim, Yeong Dae ^a   Cha, Seung Nam ^b   Park, Young Jun ^b   Kang, Dae Joon ^a   Yoo, Won Jong ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; ANNEALING TIME; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY HARVESTER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; PLASMA ETCHING TECHNIQUE; SOUND VIBRATIONS; TANDEM DEVICES;

ENERGY HARVESTING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASMA ETCHING; SILICON;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84876159488     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/17/175402     Document Type: Article

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