Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have been studied extensively for over two decades for
their novel electronic, photonic, thermal, electrochemical and mechanical properties. This …

Thin, flexible, and efficient silicon solar cells would revolutionize the photovoltaic market and
open up new opportunities for PV integration. However, as an indirect semiconductor, silicon …

Metamaterials and metasurfaces represent a remarkably versatile platform for light
manipulation, biological and chemical sensing, and nonlinear optics. Many of these …

Establishing the fundamental limit of nanophotonic light-trapping schemes is of paramount
importance and is becoming increasingly urgent for current solar cell research. The standard …

Semiconductor nanowires are attracting intense interest as a promising material for solar
energy conversion for the new‐generation photovoltaic (PV) technology. In particular, silicon …

The recent rise of semiconductor nanowires opens new opportunities for realizing high
efficiency photovoltaic devices at low cost due to the unique one-dimensional structure with …

Nanomolding usually refers to a top-down fabrication method by which a formable or
moldable material is shaped using a mold of nanoscale dimensions. Nanomolding is the …

Semiconductor nanowires are a class of materials recently gaining increasing interest for
solar cell applications. In this article we review the development of the field with a special …

We investigate silicon nanohole arrays as light absorbing structures for solar photovoltaics
via simulation. To obtain the same ultimate efficiency as a standard 300 μm crystalline …

This article reviews recent developments in nanowire‐based photovoltaics (PV) with an
emphasis on III–V semiconductors including growth mechanisms, device fabrication and …