Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-32

  Priolo, Francesco ^a,b,c   Gregorkiewicz, Tom ^d   Galli, Matteo ^e   Krauss, Thomas F ^f  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY GAP; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SILICON;

BANDGAP MATERIALS; FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; NANOSCALE ENGINEERING; PHOTONIC MATERIALS; PHOTONIC PROPERTIES; SILICON NANO STRUCTURES; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS;

SILICON PHOTONICS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; SILICON; SILICON NANOSTRUCTURE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA PROCESSING; FILM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; PHOTONICS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84891766986     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.271     Document Type: Review

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