Title :
Manipulating the optical properties of vertically-aligned silicon nanowires for photovoltaic applications
Author :
Yung-Jr Hung ; San-Liang Lee ; Hong-Jhang Syu ; Ching-Fuh Lin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Optical engineering of vertically-aligned silicon nanowires (SiNWs) by modifying their surface morphology and composition can reduce the surface reflectivity and sub-bandgap absorption, leading to improved performance in SiNW-based solar cells.
Keywords :
light absorption; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical fabrication; photovoltaic cells; reflectivity; silicon; solar cells; surface composition; surface morphology; Si; optical engineering; optical property manipulation; photovoltaic applications; solar cells; surface composition modification; surface morphology modification; surface reflectivity reduction; surface subbandgap absorption reduction; vertically-aligned silicon nanowires; Absorption; Optical buffering; Optical reflection; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Surface morphology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
