Rational design of nanowire solar cells: from single nanowire to nanowire arrays

W Chen, PR i Cabarrocas - Nanotechnology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we report several rational designs of nanowire-based solar cells from single
nanowire to nanowire arrays. Two methods of nanowires fabrication: via'top …

A synchronous defect passivation strategy for constructing high-performance and stable planar perovskite solar cells

Y Sun, Z Pang, Y Quan, D Han, X Zhang, X Ge… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The diverse defects within perovskite film, electron transport layer (ETL) and their interface
greatly impair the power conversion efficiency (PCE), hysteresis and stability of perovskite …

Synthetically encoding 10 nm morphology in silicon nanowires

JD Christesen, CW Pinion, EM Grumstrup… - Nano …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Si nanowires (NWs) have been widely explored as a platform for photonic and electronic
technologies. Here, we report a bottom-up method to break the conventional “wire” …

Activating Old Materials with New Architecture: Boosting Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells with H2O‐Assisted Hierarchical Electron Transporting Layers

F Wang, M Yang, Y Zhang, L Yang, L Fan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The breakthrough of organometal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on
mesostructured composites is regarded as a viable member of next generation …

Forecasting and analysis of nonlinear optical responses by tuning the thickness of a doped hollow cylindrical quantum dot

M Kria, M El-Yadri, N Aghoutane, LM Pérez… - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In present work, we theoretically study both the linear and the nonlinear absorption
coefficient and refractive index related to the 1s-1p transition of a donor impurity in an …

Self-catalyzed vapor–liquid–solid growth of lead halide nanowires and conversion to hybrid perovskites

JK Meyers, S Kim, DJ Hill, EEM Cating, LJ Williams… - Nano Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Lead halide perovskites (LHPs) have shown remarkable promise for use in photovoltaics,
photodetectors, light-emitting diodes, and lasers. Although solution-processed …

Imaging charge separation and carrier recombination in nanowire pin junctions using ultrafast microscopy

MM Gabriel, EM Grumstrup, JR Kirschbrown… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Silicon nanowires incorporating p-type/n-type (pn) junctions have been introduced as basic
building blocks for future nanoscale electronic components. Controlling charge flow through …

Strain and thermal conductivity in ultrathin suspended silicon nanowires

D Fan, H Sigg, R Spolenak, Y Ekinci - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We report on the uniaxial strain and thermal conductivity of well-ordered, suspended silicon
nanowire arrays between 10 to 20 nm width and 22 nm half-pitch, fabricated by extreme …

Opto-electric investigation for Si/organic heterojunction single-nanowire solar cells

Z Yang, Z Liu, J Sheng, W Guo, Y Zeng, P Gao, J Ye - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Recently, silicon single nanowire solar cells (SNSCs) serving as the sustainable self-power
sources have been integrated into optoelectronic nanodevices under the driver of …

Ultra-thin broadband solar absorber based on stadium-shaped silicon nanowire arrays

SL Mortazavifar, MR Salehi, M Shahraki… - Frontiers of …, 2022 - Springer
This paper investigates how the dimensions and arrangements of stadium silicon nanowires
(NWs) affect their absorption properties. Compared to other NWs, the structure proposed …