DocumentCode
2307007
Title
Ordered silicon nanowire array based solar cells produced by metal assisted chemical etching
Author
Chern, Winston ; Yu, Ki Jun ; Chanda, Debashis ; Shin, Jae Cheol ; Rogers, John A. ; Li, Xiuling
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
718
Lastpage
719
Abstract
Solar cells consisting of extremely uniform and ordered large-area arrays of silicon micropillars are fabricated using metal-assisted chemical etching. Micropillar diameter, pitch, height, and core-shell doping profiles are optimized for light trapping and carrier collection.
Keywords
doping profiles; elemental semiconductors; etching; micro-optics; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical arrays; optical fabrication; silicon; solar cells; Si; carrier collection; core-shell doping profiles; light trapping; metal-assisted chemical etching; optical fabrication; ordered silicon nanowire array based solar cells; silicon micropillars;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
ISSN
-
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5368-9
Electronic_ISBN
-
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699090
Filename
5699090
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