Self-assembled silicon nanocrystal arrays for photovoltaics

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1649-1661

  Schnabel, M ^a,b   Weiss, C ^a   Loper P ^a,c   Wilshaw, P R ^b   Janz, S ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

quantum confinement; silicon nanocrystals; size control; solar cell; superlattice

Indexed keywords

DEFECT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY GAP; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON OXIDES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUPERLATTICES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; PARAMETER SPACES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SINGLE JUNCTION; SIZE CONTROL; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

SILICON;

EID: 84938956253     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201431764     Document Type: Article

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