High efficiency hybrid silicon nanopillar-polymer solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9620-9627

  Pudasaini, Pushpa Raj ^a   Ruiz Zepeda, Francisco ^a   Sharma, Manisha ^a   Elam, David ^a   Ponce, Arturo ^a   Ayon, Arturo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

conductive polymer; heterojunction; light trapping; radial junction; silicon nanopillars; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; ETCHING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOPILLARS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PASSIVATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; TEXTURES;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTROLESS CHEMICAL ETCHING; INORGANIC AND ORGANIC MATERIALS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); RADIAL JUNCTION; SILICON NANOPILLARS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84885455155     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am402598j     Document Type: Article

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