• DocumentCode
    1795903
  • Title

    A high-efficiency solar cell based on axially-connected nanowire core-shell p-n junctions

  • Author

    Sija Wang ; Xin Yan ; Xia Zhang ; Junshuai Li ; Shuyu Fan ; Wei Wei ; Yongqing Huang ; Xiaomin Ren

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    529
  • Lastpage
    531
  • Abstract
    A novel nanowire hybrid structure for high-efficiency solar cells that axially connects nanowire core-shell p-n junctions is proposed and simulated. An efficiency of 16.8% is obtained at a filling ratio of 0.196.
  • Keywords
    nanowires; p-n junctions; solar cells; axially-connected nanowire core-shell p-n junctions; efficiency 16.8 percent; filling ratio; solar cell; Absorption; Filling; Gallium arsenide; Optical reflection; P-n junctions; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888172