Spatial mapping of efficiency of GaN/InGaN nanowire array solar cells using scanning photocurrent microscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5123-5128

  Howell, Sarah L ^a   Padalkar, Sonal ^a   Yoon, Kunho ^a   Li, Qiming ^b   Koleske, Daniel D ^b   Wierer, Jonathan J ^b   Wang, George T ^b   Lauhon, Lincoln J ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

InGaN; Nanowire; photovoltaics; solar cell; SPCM

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; INGAN; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING PHOTOCURRENT MICROSCOPIES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SPCM;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SCANNING; SOLAR CELLS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84887842341     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl402331u     Document Type: Article

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