Enhanced photovoltaic performance of ultrathin Si solar cells via semiconductor nanocrystal sensitization: Energy transfer vs. optical coupling effects

Nanoscale

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5873-5883

  Hoang, Son ^a   Ashraf, Ahsan ^a,b   Eisaman, Matthew D ^a,b,c   Nykypanchuk, Dmytro ^a   Nam, Chang Yong ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

CDSE/ZNS NANOCRYSTALS; EXCITONIC ENERGY; INORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; OTHER OPTO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84960944310     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5nr07932b     Document Type: Article

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