 | Clean Technology 2008
Bio Energy, Renewables, Green Building, Smart Grid, Storage, and Water
Chapter 2: Renewables: Photovoltaics, Wind & Geothermal |
| | Nanoplates and their suitability for use as solar cells | | Authors: | M. Aagesen, C.B. Sørensen | | Affilation: | SunFlake A/S, DK | | Pages: | 109 - 112 | | Keywords: | nanostructures | | Abstract: | The use of p-n junction nanowires as solar cells has received an increased amount of attention with results published on both individual silicon nanowires functioning as nano-solar cells[1] and on larger surface areas covered with silicon nanowires[2]. This presentation will be about the use of nanoplates as solar cells. Nanoplates are a new sub-group of bottom-up grown nanostructures with a two-dimensional shape[3]. The key properties of the nanoplate structure will be presented with emphasis on their suitability for use as PV elements. Optical characteristics of a nanoplate covered surface will be presented and recent results on the implementation of the p-n nanoplates into solar cells will be shown together with preliminary characterization data. [1] B.Tian et al., Nature 449, 885-889 (2007). [2] L. Tsakalakos et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 233117 (2007). [3] M. Aagesen et al., Nature Nanotech. 2, 761-764 (2007). |  | This paper is available to CTSI members in PDF© format. | | ISBN: | 1-4200-8502-0 |
| Pages: | 724 |
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