High efficiency and stable hydrogenated amorphous silicon radial junction solar cells built on VLS-grown silicon nanowires

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-95

  Misra, Soumyadeep ^a   Yu, Linwei ^a,b   Foldyna, Martin ^a   Roca I Cabarrocas, Pere ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES INTERFACES ET DES COUCHES MINCES   (France)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Radial junction; Silicon nanowires; Solar cell; VLS method

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); LIGHT-INDUCED DEGRADATION; RADIAL JUNCTION; SILICON NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID PROCESS; VLS METHOD;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; HYDROGENATION; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; VAPORS;

SILICON;

EID: 84883538715     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.036     Document Type: Article

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