Horizontal silicon nanowires with radial p-n junctions: A platform for unconventional solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2002-2009

  Zhang, Xing ^a   Pinion, Christopher W ^a   Christesen, Joseph D ^a   Flynn, Cory J ^a   Celano, Thomas A ^a   Cahoon, James F ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NANOWIRE STRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RADIAL P-N JUNCTIONS; SILICON P-N JUNCTIONS; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; NANOWIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SILICON;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 84879769858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400533v     Document Type: Review

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