Excellent light-capture capability of trilobal SiNW for ultra-high <i>J</i><sub>SC</sub> in single-nanowire solar cells

Zhongliang Gao; Guilu Lin; Yupeng Zheng; Na Sang; Yingfeng Li; Lei Chen; Meicheng Li

doi:10.1364/PRJ.385867

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 6, 995(2020)

Excellent light-capture capability of trilobal SiNW for ultra-high J_SC in single-nanowire solar cells

Zhongliang Gao¹, Guilu Lin², Yupeng Zheng¹, Na Sang², Yingfeng Li¹, Lei Chen², and Meicheng Li^1、*

¹State Key Laboratory of Alternate Electrical Power System with Renewable Energy Sources, School of Renewable Energy, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

²School of Mathematics and Physics, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China

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Paper Information

Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

Received: Dec. 13, 2019

Accepted: Mar. 9, 2020

Published Online: Jun. 1, 2020

The Author Email: Meicheng Li (mcli@ncepu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.385867

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