Rational design of inverted nanopencil arrays for cost-effective, broadband, and omnidirectional light harvesting

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3752-3760

  Lin, Hao ^a   Xiu, Fei ^a   Fang, Ming ^a   Yip, Senpo ^a   Cheung, Ho Yuen ^a   Wang, Fengyun ^b   Han, Ning ^a   Chan, Kwok Sum ^a   Wong, Chun Yuen ^a   Ho, Johnny C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

broadband and omnidirectional light harvesting; inverted nanopencils; nanocones; nanopillars; nanorods; wet anisotropic etching

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ASPECT RATIO; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DRY ETCHING; GEOMETRY; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; LIGHT; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; WET ETCHING;

LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANO-CONES; NANOPENCILS; NANOPILLARS; WET ANISOTROPIC ETCHING;

ANISOTROPIC ETCHING;

EID: 84899016319     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn500418x     Document Type: Article

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