Challenges for core-shell nanowire solar cells
Axially connected nanowire core shell p n junctions: a composite structure for high efficiency solar cells
... GaInP/GaAs solar cell at a fixed D / P ratio of ...different cells absorb light in different ranges, which shows a promis- ing ability to achieve an excellent current matching when the subcells are axially ...
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Improvement of the physical properties of ZnO/CdTe core shell nanowire arrays by CdCl2 heat treatment for solar cells
... for solar cells, and its use in nanowire-based heterostructures may become a critical requirement, owing to the potential scarcity of ...ZnO/CdTe core-shell nanowire arrays grown ...
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CdTe nanowire structures for solar cells
... in solar cells are described in detail in Chapter 3 but the key points are summarised as follows: a) a textured absorber layer may yield light trapping and anti-reflective effects that enable lower volumes ...
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Design of core/shell colloidal quantum dots for MEG solar cells
... After several years as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the University of Surrey and University of Sheffield, U.K., in 2003, he joined the STFC Dares- burt Laboratories as a Senior Research Scientist, where he has worked ...
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Open structure ZnO/CdSe core/shell nanoneedle arrays for solar cells
... ZnO/CdSe core/shell ...of solar cells is a rather poor fill factor of ...the solar cell ...array solar cells, a new hole transport medium with suitable redox potential and ...
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Investigation into Photoconductivity in Single CNF/TiO2 Dye Core–Shell Nanowire Devices
... Figure 2a shows the I–V characteristics of Sample d1, which is a representative in a group of six samples not treated with O 2 plasma, in dark and under illumination before and after dye attachment. Although only the ...
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Silicon Nanowire Solar Cells by Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching
... a solar cell. In a silicon NW solar cell, the NWs are doped to form either an axial junction, or a radial (core/shell) ...NW solar cell has been shown to be as high as 30%, however, ...
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a Si:H/SiNW shell/core for SiNW solar cell applications
... SiNW solar cells. The values show that the a-Si:H shell highly improves surface pas- sivation, leading to an increase of open-circuit voltage (V oc ), from 481 to 553 mV, with around 15% enhance- ...
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Development of ZnO nanowire based CdTe thin film solar cells.
... real solar cells is ...single nanowire devices [4,5] , realisation of nanowire cells on a macroscopic scale is more di ...tricky solar cell fabrication processes. For CdTe ...
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Optical simulations of P3HT/Si nanowire array hybrid solar cells
... hybrid solar cells exhibit promising photo absorption ...the core-shell condition with conformal coating of P3HT as compared with full-infiltrated ...hybrid solar cells formed by ...
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Growth and characterization of ZnO/ZnTe core/shell nanowire arrays on transparent conducting oxide glass substrates
... aligned core/shell nanowire arrays with these kinds of band structure can find wide applications in optoelec- tronic devices such as solar cells because they have higher ...
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Study of Piezo-phototronic Effect on Type-II Heterojunction ZnO/ ZnSe Core/Shell Nanowire Array
... properties (15). These piezoelectric materials have been employed in an impressive range of applications, such as piezoelectric resonators, transducers, sound emitters, receivers, solar cells, ...
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A cylindrical core shell like TiO2 nanotube array anode for flexible fiber type dye sensitized solar cells
... cylindrical core-shell-like and thermally crystallized TiO 2 nanotube (TNT) arrays that can be directly used as the photoanodes for semi- and all-solid fiber- type dye-sensitized solar cells ...
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Optimization of GaAs Nanowire Pin Junction Array Solar Cells by Using AlGaAs/GaAs Heterojunctions
... GaAs nanowire pin junction array solar cells by introducing AlGaAs/GaAs ...outer shell for radial ...axial nanowire, by using AlGaAs for the top p segment, a relatively long top segment ...
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Improved photovoltaic performance of silicon nanowire/organic hybrid solar cells by incorporating silver nanoparticles
... silicon solar cells, the results of our experiments proved good effects of AgNPs in the SiNW/organic hybrid solar cell very ...hybrid solar cells, the organic layer would become ...
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The influence of passivation and photovoltaic properties of α Si:H coverage on silicon nanowire array solar cells
... the nanowire surface passivation is only required for very thin conformal shell layer [14], in which the thicker amorphous shell may contribute to the higher resistance, degrading the carrier ...
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Plasmon-enhanced photocurrent in quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells by the inclusion of gold/silica core–shell nanoparticles in a TiO2 photoanode
... layer (Fig. S1†). In order to optimize the incorporation of Au@SiO 2 NPs for DSC performance, the concentration of Au@SiO 2 NPs in the TiO 2 paste was varied from 0.25 to 1.5 wt%. The short circuit current density (J sc ...
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Superconductivity in Ge/Si core shell nanowire quantum dots
... 5.1 Future Work/Outlook The most evident follow-up experiment would be to cool the 1L07 sample down to below the critical temperature of aluminium. If we perform a current sourced source-drain sweep at such a temperature ...
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Electronic properties of core shell nanowire resonant tunneling diodes
... InP/InAs core-shell NW RTDs despite the fact that these are expected to have a larger current-carrying cap- ability compared to their axial ...middle shell of a InAs/InP/InAs/InP/InAs ...
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p Cu2O shell/n TiO2 nanowire core heterostucture photodiodes
... Recently, one-dimensional oxide semiconducting materials have attracted a lot of attention for potential application in optoelectronic devices due to their large surface-area-to-volume ratio [25]. Wu et al. reported the ...
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