Versatile control of metal-assisted chemical etching for vertical silicon microwire arrays and their photovoltaic applications

HD Um, N Kim, K Lee, I Hwang, J Hoon Seo, YJ Yu… - Scientific reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
A systematic study was conducted into the use of metal-assisted chemical etching (MacEtch)
to fabricate vertical Si microwire arrays, with several models being studied for the efficient …

Numerical analysis of InP based high efficiency radial junction nanowire solar cell

SK Agnihotri, DP Samajdar, DV Prashant, Z Arefinia - Optical Materials, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract III-V nanowire (NW) solar cells (SCs) promise a comparable efficiency to that of their
planar counterparts with additional advantage of reduced material consumption to cut the …

Design principles for fabrication of InP-based radial junction nanowire solar cells using an electron selective contact

V Raj, L Fu, HH Tan, C Jagadish - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanowire solar cells hold several advantages over planar solar cells, such as reduced
reflection, facile strain relaxation, extreme light trap**, increased defect tolerance, etc …

Advanced plasma processing: etching, deposition, and wafer bonding techniques for semiconductor applications

M Shearn, X Sun, MD Henry, A Yariv… - Semiconductor …, 2010‏ - books.google.com
Plasma processing techniques are one of the cornerstones of modern semiconductor
fabrication. Low pressure plasmas in particular can achieve high radical density, high …

Role of Hole-Selective Contact in Efficiency Improvement of ITO-Free InP/MoO3/ PEDOT:PSS Nanowire Solar Cells

SK Agnihotri, DP Samajdar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of nanostructures over traditional bulk and thin-film solar cells (SCs) increases the
efficiency per unit volume due to the coupled effects of intrinsic antireflection and strong …

Optimizing photovoltaic charge generation of nanowire arrays: a simple semi-analytic approach

BCP Sturmberg, KB Dossou, LC Botten… - Acs …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Nanowire arrays exhibit efficient light coupling and strong light trap**, making them well
suited to solar cell applications. The processes that contribute to their absorption are …

Optical properties of Si microwires combined with nanoneedles for flexible thin film photovoltaics

KT Park, Z Guo, HD Um, JY Jung, JM Yang, SK Lim… - Optics express, 2011‏ - opg.optica.org
A combined wire structure, made up of longer periodic Si microwires and short
nanoneedles, was prepared to enhance light absorption using one-step plasma etching via …

Enhanced metal assisted etching method for high aspect ratio microstructures: Applications in silicon micropillar array solar cells

G Baytemir, EH Ciftpinar, R Turan - Solar Energy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
A solar cell device, fabricated on high density array cylindrical pillars, enables
photogenerated carrier collection in the radial direction, thus shortening the path length of …

Efficient Light Trap** in Hexagonal InP Nanostructured Solar Cells Using Plasmonic Al Nanoparticles

M Rautela, J Kumar - IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices …, 2025‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
InP nanostructure based solar cells (SCs) offer the unique potential for reduced material
consumption and effective management of light trap** and scattering processes, paving …

Optimization of a GaAs/AlGaAs pin heterojunction nanowire solar cell for improved optical and electrical properties

S Majumder, K RA, S Ravindran - Journal of the Optical Society of …, 2023‏ - opg.optica.org
GaAs/AlGaAs based nanowires are promising candidates for photovoltaic applications due
to their high absorption coefficient, low surface reflection, and efficient collection of …