The promise and challenge of nanostructured solar cells

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 951-954

  Beard, Matthew C ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a   Nozik, Arthur J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

FOSSIL FUEL; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; QUANTUM DOT;

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RESOURCE; NOTE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR CELL; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84924360188     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.292     Document Type: Note

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