Title :
Novel nanostructures for solar energy harvesting
Author :
Tianyi Sun ; Chuan Fei Guo ; Yang Wang ; Kempa, K. ; Zhifeng Ren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Boston Coll., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Three novel nanostructures for solar energy harvesting are proposed: a nanocoax a-Si solar cell, a metamaterial-plasmonic absorber structure for an ultra-thin solar cell and a three-level engineered conductive black silicon surface.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; energy harvesting; metamaterials; nanostructured materials; plasmonics; silicon; solar cells; Si; metamaterial-plasmonic absorber structure; nanocoax a-Si solar cell; nanostructures; solar energy harvesting; three-level engineered conductive black silicon surface; ultrathin solar cell;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference (ACP), 2012 Asia
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6274-0
