Silicon nanowires for photovoltaic solar energy conversion

KQ Peng, ST Lee - Advanced Materials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Semiconductor nanowires are attracting intense interest as a promising material for solar
energy conversion for the new‐generation photovoltaic (PV) technology. In particular, silicon …

Towards high efficiency nanowire solar cells

G Otnes, MT Borgström - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Semiconductor nanowires are a class of materials recently gaining increasing interest for
solar cell applications. In this article we review the development of the field with a special …

III–V nanowires and nanowire optoelectronic devices

Y Zhang, J Wu, M Aagesen, H Liu - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
III–V nanowires (NWs) have been envisioned as nanoscale materials for next-generation
technology with good functionality, superior performance, high integration ability and low …

III–V nanowire photovoltaics: Review of design for high efficiency

RR LaPierre, ACE Chia, SJ Gibson… - physica status solidi …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews recent developments in nanowire‐based photovoltaics (PV) with an
emphasis on III–V semiconductors including growth mechanisms, device fabrication and …

Weak Anti-localization and Quantum Oscillations of Surface States in Topological Insulator Bi2Se2Te

L Bao, L He, N Meyer, X Kou, P Zhang, Z Chen… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Topological insulators, a new quantum state of matter, create exciting opportunities for
studying topological quantum physics and for exploring spintronic applications due to their …

III–V semiconductor single nanowire solar cells: a review

Z Li, HH Tan, C Jagadish, L Fu - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
III–V semiconductor nanowires have gained intensive attention for solar cell applications
due to their unique geometrical, optical, and electrical properties, as well as improved …

Nanowires for high-efficiency, low-cost solar photovoltaics

Y Zhang, H Liu - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Solar energy is abundant, clean, and renewable, making it an ideal energy source. Solar
cells are a good option to harvest this energy. However, it is difficult to balance the cost and …

Interfacial energy-level alignment via poly-3-hexylthiophene-CsPbI3 quantum dots hybrid hole conductor for efficient carbon-based CsPbI2Br solar cells

J Zhang, G Zhang, Y Liao, Z Pan, H Rao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon-based perovskite solar cells (C-PSCs) are promising contenders for the next
generation solar cells with high stability and low cost. However, the absence of hole …

Power conversion efficiency enhancement of organic solar cells by addition of gold nanostars, nanorods, and nanospheres

D Kozanoglu, DH Apaydin, A Cirpan, EN Esenturk - Organic Electronics, 2013 - Elsevier
The effects of gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs) with different morphologies (star, rod, sphere)
incorporated into buffer layer, poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene): poly (styrenesulfonate) …

Optical design of ultra-thin GaAs solar cells based on trapezoidal pyramid structure

W Fu, Z Wang, Z Yi, Q Song, L Bian, S Cheng… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study analyzed the solar absorption characteristics of Trapezoidal Pyramid ultra-thin
GaAs solar cells (GTCs) using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. The study …