Controlled growth of SiNPs by plasma synthesis

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Kendrick, Chito ^a   Klafehn, Grant ^a   Guan, Tianyuan ^a   Anderson, Ingrid ^a   Shen, Haoting ^b   Redwing, Joan ^b   Collins, Reuben ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles; Phase diagram; Plasma synthesis; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED GROWTH; GROWTH TECHNIQUES; LOW CRYSTALLINITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PEAK; PLASMA SYNTHESIS; REACTOR PRESSURES; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; TANDEM PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FLOW OF GASES; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMAS; SILICON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84893739505     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.026     Document Type: Article

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