Three-dimensional imaging for precise structural control of Si quantum dot networks for all-Si solar cells

Nanoscale

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7499-7504

  Kourkoutis, Lena F ^a,b   Hao, Xiaojing ^c   Huang, Shujuan ^c   Puthen Veettil, Binesh ^c   Conibeer, Gavin ^c   Green, Martin A ^c   Perez Wurfl, Ivan ^c  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MASS APPROXIMATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NON-TOXIC MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FILM PREPARATION; MULTILAYERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SILICON;

QUANTUM DOT; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; ARTICLE;

QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84880858641     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr01998e     Document Type: Article

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