Metal-insulator-semiconductor nanowire network solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3689-3695

  Oener, Sebastian Z ^a   Van De Groep, Jorik ^a   MacCo, Bart ^b   Bronsveld, Paula C P ^c   Kessels, W M M ^b   Polman, Albert ^a   Garnett, Erik C ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Metal insulator semiconductor; nanopyramids; nanowire networks; solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; MIS DEVICES; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CHARGE CARRIER EXTRACTION; METAL-INSULATOR-SEMICONDUCTORS; NANO-PYRAMIDS; NANOWIRE NETWORKS; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; P-N JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PASSIVATION PROPERTIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84974578260     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00949     Document Type: Article

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