Effective light trapping by modulated quantum structures for Si nanowire/wall solar cells

The quantum size effect allows the use of silicon nanowires and nanowalls for the top cell of all-Si tandem solar cells by tuning the band gap. However, these Si nanostructures are far thinner than the wavelength of visible light in the direction of amplitude, so the incoming light cannot concentrat...

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Published in:Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 2015-10, Vol.54 (10), p.102301
Main Authors: Kanematsu, Daiji, Yata, Shigeo, Terakawa, Akira, Tanaka, Makoto, Konagai, Makoto
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