Nanocrystalline silicon for photovoltaics and integrated photonics

Author

Filios, Adam A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. Technol., Farmingdale State Coll. - SUNY Farmingdale, Farmingdale, NY, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

3-3 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper investigates the applications of nanocrystalline semiconductors, and in particular silicon nanostructures, in the areas of integrated photonics and photovoltaics. The fundamental principles, properties, and performance advantages resulting from the incorporation of nanostructures in photovoltaic and photonic devices are examined. Several device structures as well as fabrication and characterization approaches that are expected to lead in devices with improved performance and/or lower manufacturing cost are proposed and discussed.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; silicon; Si; integrated photonics; nanocrystalline semiconductor; nanocrystalline silicon; photovoltaics; silicon nanostructure; Photonic band gap; Photonics; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Silicon; integrated photonics; nanoelectronics; nanophotonics; nanosilicon; nanotechnology; nanowires; photonics; photovoltaic solar cells; photovoltaics; quantum dots; superlattices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT), 2013 IEEE Long Island

Conference_Location

Farmingdale, NY

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6244-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LISAT.2013.6578241

Filename

6578241