Nanowires for energy: A review

NI Goktas, P Wilson, A Ghukasyan, D Wagner… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) represent a new class of materials and a shift from
conventional two-dimensional bulk thin films to three-dimensional devices. Unlike thin film …

Performance optimization of vertical nanowire‐based piezoelectric nanogenerators

R Hinchet, S Lee, G Ardila, L Montès… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The integrated nanogenerator (NG) based on vertical nanowire (NW) arrays is one of the
dominant designs developed to harvest mechanical energy using piezoelectric …

Unconventional conductivity increase in multilayer black phosphorus

M Koleśnik-Gray, L Meingast, M Siebert… - npj 2D Materials and …, 2023 - nature.com
Multilayers of so-called 2D van der Waals materials have gained considerable attention as
active components of next-generation electronic and optoelectronic technologies, with …

High efficiency solar-to-hydrogen conversion on a monolithically integrated InGaN/GaN/Si adaptive tunnel junction photocathode

S Fan, B AlOtaibi, SY Woo, Y Wang, GA Botton, Z Mi - Nano letters, 2015 - ACS Publications
H2 generation under sunlight offers great potential for a sustainable fuel production system.
To achieve high efficiency solar-to-hydrogen conversion, multijunction photoelectrodes have …

Surface-induced effects in GaN nanowires

R Calarco, T Stoica, O Brandt… - Journal of materials …, 2011 - cambridge.org
Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) are characterized by an extraordinarily large surface-to-
volume ratio. Consequently, surface effects are expected to play a much larger role than in …

Visible light–gated reconfigurable rotary actuation of electric nanomotors

Z Liang, D Fan - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Highly efficient and widely applicable working mechanisms that allow nanomaterials and
devices to respond to external stimuli with controlled mechanical motions could make far …

Sulfur passivation and contact methods for GaAs nanowire solar cells

N Tajik, Z Peng, P Kuyanov, RR LaPierre - Nanotechnology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of sulfur passivation on core–shell p–n junction GaAs nanowire (NW) solar cells
has been investigated. Devices of two types were investigated, consisting of indium tin oxide …

Numerical model of current-voltage characteristics and efficiency of GaAs nanowire solar cells

RR LaPierre - Journal of Applied Physics, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulation of current-voltage (JV) characteristics of III-V nanowire core-shell pn
junction diodes under illuminated conditions is presented with an emphasis on optimizing …

Role of intrinsic surface states in efficiency attenuation of GaN‐based micro‐light‐emitting‐diodes

F Jiang, BR Hyun, Y Zhang, Z Liu - physica status solidi (RRL) …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The effects of an intrinsic nonpolar surface on internal quantum efficiency (IQE) are
numerically investigated for gallium nitride (GaN)‐based micro‐light emitting‐diodes (μ …

Metal-oxide nanostructure and gas-sensing performance

RL Vander Wal, GW Hunter, JC Xu, MJ Kulis… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2009 - Elsevier
A comparison of nanostructured one-dimensional sensing elements is presented.
Advantages and limitations of synthesis and incorporation of these elements fabricated via …