Strong broadband absorption in GaAs nanocone and nanowire arrays for solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Baomin ^a   Stevens, Erica ^a   Leu, Paul W ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND ABSORPTION; CARRIER GENERATION; ELECTRIC FIELD INTENSITIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN SIMULATIONS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; RECOMBINATION LOSS; SOLAR ABSORPTION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84896365483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.00A386     Document Type: Conference Paper

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