Design and fabrication of silicon nanowires towards efficient solar cells

P Yu, J Wu, S Liu, J ** silicon nanocrystals and quantum dots
BL Oliva-Chatelain, TM Ticich, AR Barron - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The ability to incorporate a dopant element into silicon nanocrystals (NC) and quantum dots
(QD) is one of the key technical challenges for the use of these materials in a number of …

A simple and low-cost technique for silicon nanowire arrays based solar cells

BR Huang, YK Yang, TC Lin, WL Yang - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2012 - Elsevier
A new PSG do** process was developed using a sol-gel method with phosphorus
pentoxide (P2O5) powder combined with a screen-printing technique for the fabrication of …

Location and Electronic Nature of Phosphorus in the Si Nanocrystal − SiO2 System

D König, S Gutsch, H Gnaser, M Wahl, M Kopnarski… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Up to now, no consensus exists about the electronic nature of phosphorus (P) as donor for
SiO2-embedded silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs). Here, we report on hybrid density functional …

Boron do** of silicon quantum dots via hydrogen silsesquioxane-capped diffusion for photovoltaics and medical imaging

S Milliken, IT Cheong, K Cui… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Doped silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) with defined size, dopant distribution, and surface
chemistry are highly sought after as a scientific curiosity because their unique properties …

Silicon quantum dot based solar cells: addressing the issues of do**, voltage and current transport

G Conibeer, MA Green, D König… - Progress in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Silicon quantum dot (Si QD) solar cells offer the potential to tune the effective band gap
through quantum confinement and hence allow fabrication of optimised tandem devices in …

Recent advances in alternative material photovoltaics

MI Hossain, FH Alharbi - Materials Technology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Alternative material photovoltaics (PVs) have started gaining more attention recently.
Although the field is not new, it just started growing a few years ago. The PV market has …

Si solid-state quantum dot-based materials for tandem solar cells

G Conibeer, I Perez-Wurfl, X Hao, D Di, D Lin - Nanoscale research letters, 2012 - Springer
The concept of third-generation photovoltaics is to significantly increase device efficiencies
whilst still using thin-film processes and abundant non-toxic materials. A strong potential …

Fabrication of Si nanoparticles from Si swarf and application to solar cells

M Maeda, K Imamura, T Matsumoto… - Applied surface science, 2014 - Elsevier
Si nanoparticles with diameter of 1–20 nm have been fabricated from Si swarf by use of a
beads milling method. Treatment with dilute hydrofluoric acid stabilizes Si nanoparticles …

Doped and codoped silicon nanocrystals: The role of surfaces and interfaces

I Marri, E Degoli, S Ossicini - Progress in Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Si nanocrystals have been extensively studied because of their novel properties and their
potential applications in electronic, optoelectronic, photovoltaic, thermoelectric and …