Semiconductor nanowires: a platform for exploring limits and concepts for nano-enabled solar cells

Crystalline silicon photovoltaics: a cost analysis framework for determining technology pathways to reach baseload electricity costs

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Tuning Light Absorption in Core/Shell Silicon Nanowire Photovoltaic Devices through Morphological Design

(2012) Sun-Kyung Kim et al.   NANO LETTERS

Design Principles for Photovoltaic Devices Based on Si Nanowires with Axial or Radial p–n Junctions

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Continuous gas-phase synthesis of nanowires with tunable properties

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Photonic design principles for ultrahigh-efficiency photovoltaics

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Coaxial multishell nanowires with high-quality electronic interfaces and tunable optical cavities for ultrathin photovoltaics

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Nanowire Solar Cells

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High-performance Si microwire photovoltaics

(2011) Michael D. Kelzenberg et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Analysis of the operation of thin nanowire photoelectrodes for solar energy conversion

(2011) Justin M. Foley et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Solar Energy Conversion Toward 1 Terawatt

(2011) David Ginley et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Dramatic Reduction of Surface Recombination by in Situ Surface Passivation of Silicon Nanowires

(2011) Yaping Dan et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multicolored Vertical Silicon Nanowires

(2011) Kwanyong Seo et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light absorption mechanism in single c-Si (core)/a-Si (shell) coaxial nanowires

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Solution-processed core–shell nanowires for efficient photovoltaic cells

(2011) Jinyao Tang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Photocurrent mapping of near-field optical antenna resonances

(2011) Edward S. Barnard et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Antennas for light

(2011) Lukas Novotny et al.   Nature Photonics

Optical Properties of Individual Silicon Nanowires for Photonic Devices

(2010) Gerald Brönstrup et al.   ACS Nano

Carbon Nanotube Thin Films: Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

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Growth, Thermodynamics, and Electrical Properties of Silicon Nanowires†

(2010) V. Schmidt et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Ultradense, Deep Subwavelength Nanowire Array Photovoltaics As Engineered Optical Thin Films

(2010) Douglas Tham et al.   NANO LETTERS

Semiconductor Nanowire Optical Antenna Solar Absorbers

(2010) Linyou Cao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Resonant Germanium Nanoantenna Photodetectors

(2010) Linyou Cao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Erratum: Enhanced absorption and carrier collection in Si wire arrays for photovoltaic applications

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Three-Dimensional, Flexible Nanoscale Field-Effect Transistors as Localized Bioprobes

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Energy-Conversion Properties of Vapor-Liquid-Solid-Grown Silicon Wire-Array Photocathodes

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Prospects of Colloidal Nanocrystals for Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications

(2009) Dmitri V. Talapin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Potential applications of hierarchical branching nanowires in solar energy conversion

(2009) Matthew J. Bierman et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Coaxial Group III−Nitride Nanowire Photovoltaics

(2009) Yajie Dong et al.   NANO LETTERS

Fabrication and Electrical Properties of Si Nanowires Synthesized by Al Catalyzed Vapor−Liquid−Solid Growth

(2009) Yue Ke et al.   NANO LETTERS

Nanodome Solar Cells with Efficient Light Management and Self-Cleaning

(2009) Jia Zhu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Engineering light absorption in semiconductor nanowire devices

(2009) Linyou Cao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Single-crystalline kinked semiconductor nanowire superstructures

(2009) Bozhi Tian et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Large single-molecule fluorescence enhancements produced by a bowtie nanoantenna

(2009) Anika Kinkhabwala et al.   Nature Photonics

Polarized vertical beaming of an engineered hexapole mode laser

(2009) Ju-Hyung Kang et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Flexible electrical recording from cells using nanowire transistor arrays

(2009) T. Cohen-Karni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The electronic properties of graphene

(2009) A. H. Castro Neto et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Graphene: Status and Prospects

(2009) A. K. Geim   SCIENCE

Applications of carbon materials in photovoltaic solar cells

(2009) Hongwei Zhu et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Nanostructured multilayer graded-index antireflection coating for Si solar cells with broadband and omnidirectional characteristics

(2008) Sameer Chhajed et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Single nanowire photovoltaics

(2008) Bozhi Tian et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

III–V multijunction solar cells for concentrating photovoltaics

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Phosphorus incorporation during Si(001):P gas-source molecular beam epitaxy: Effects on growth kinetics and surface morphology

(2008) B. Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Quantum Dot Solar Cells. Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Light Harvesters

(2008) Prashant V. Kamat   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells

(2008) Michael D. Kelzenberg et al.   NANO LETTERS

Single and Tandem Axialp-i-nNanowire Photovoltaic Devices

(2008) Thomas J. Kempa et al.   NANO LETTERS

Multi-quantum-well nanowire heterostructures for wavelength-controlled lasers

(2008) Fang Qian et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Controlled polytypic and twin-plane superlattices in iii–v nanowires

(2008) P. Caroff et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Wafer-Scale Assembly of Highly Ordered Semiconductor Nanowire Arrays by Contact Printing

(2007) Zhiyong Fan et al.   NANO LETTERS