Fundamentals of the nanowire solar cell: Optimization of the open circuit voltage

JEM Haverkort, EC Garnett, EPAM Bakkers - Applied Physics Reviews, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Present day nanowire solar cells have reached an efficiency of 17.8%. Nanophotonic
engineering by nanowire tapering allows for high solar light absorption. In combination with …

Active tuning of surface phonon polariton resonances via carrier photoinjection

AD Dunkelberger, CT Ellis, DC Ratchford, AJ Giles… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs) are attractive alternatives to infrared plasmonics for
subdiffractional confinement of infrared light. Localized SPhP resonances in semiconductor …

Effective Surface Passivation of InP Nanowires by Atomic-Layer-Deposited Al2O3 with POx Interlayer

LE Black, A Cavalli, MA Verheijen, JEM Haverkort… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
III/V semiconductor nanostructures have significant potential in device applications, but
effective surface passivation is critical due to their large surface-to-volume ratio. For InP such …

Growth and photoelectrochemical energy conversion of wurtzite indium phosphide nanowire arrays

N Kornienko, NA Gibson, H Zhang, SW Eaton, Y Yu… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting into hydrogen and oxygen is a promising
strategy to absorb solar energy and directly convert it into a dense storage medium in the …

Ultralow surface recombination velocity in passivated InGaAs/InP nanopillars

A Higuera-Rodriguez, B Romeira, S Birindelli… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The III–V semiconductor InGaAs is a key material for photonics because it provides optical
emission and absorption in the 1.55 μm telecommunication wavelength window. However …

AlGaInP-based Micro-LED array with enhanced optoelectrical properties

S Han, C Xu, H Li, S Liu, H Xu, Y Zhu, A Fang, X Wang - Optical Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The micro lighting-emitting diode (Micro-LED) array devices have attracted attention due to
increasing demand in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), LIFI light source, and other …

Exploring the size limitations of wurtzite III–V film growth

P Staudinger, KE Moselund, H Schmid - Nano Letters, 2019 - ACS Publications
Metastable crystal phases of abundant semiconductors such as III–Vs, Si, or Ge comprise
enormous potential to address current limitations in green light-emitting electrical diodes …

Nanopillar quantum well lasers directly grown on silicon and emitting at silicon-transparent wavelengths

F Lu, I Bhattacharya, H Sun, TTD Tran, KW Ng… - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Future expansion of computing capabilities relies on a reduction of energy consumption in
silicon-based integrated circuits. A promising solution is to replace electrical wires with …

Optimization of the short-circuit current in an InP nanowire array solar cell through opto-electronic modeling

Y Chen, P Kivisaari, ME Pistol, N Anttu - Nanotechnology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
InP nanowire arrays with axial pin junctions are promising devices for next-generation
photovoltaics, with a demonstrated efficiency of 13.8%. However, the short-circuit current in …

Concurrent zinc-blende and wurtzite film formation by selection of confined growth planes

P Staudinger, S Mauthe, KE Moselund, H Schmid - Nano Letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recent research on nanowires (NWs) demonstrated the ability of III–V semiconductors to
adopt a different crystallographic phase when they are grown as nanostructures, giving rise …