Luminescent solar concentration with semiconductor nanorods and transfer-printed micro-silicon solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-53

  Bronstein, Noah D ^a   Li, Lanfang ^b   Xu, Lu ^b   Yao, Yuan ^b   Ferry, Vivian E ^a,c   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,c   Nuzzo, Ralph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

light trapping; luminescent concentration; micro silicon; nanorod; photovoltaic; quantum dot; transfer printing

Indexed keywords

LIGHT-TRAPPING; MICRO-SILICON; PHOTOVOLTAIC; QUANTUM DOT; TRANSFER PRINTING;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIGHT; NANORODS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84893434159     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404418h     Document Type: Article

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