Semiconductor nanowires are a class of materials recently gaining increasing interest for
solar cell applications. In this article we review the development of the field with a special …

This tutorial review focuses on recent work addressing the properties and potential of
semiconductor nanowires as building blocks for photovoltaic devices based on …

Si wire arrays are a promising architecture for solar-energy-harvesting applications, and
may offer a mechanically flexible alternative to Si wafers for photovoltaics,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. To …

The dark electrocatalytic and light photocathodic hydrogen evolution properties of Ni, Ni–Mo
alloys, and Pt on Si electrodes have been measured, to assess the viability of earth …

In this paper, we use the transfer matrix method to calculate the optical absorptance of
vertically-aligned silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays. For fixed filling ratio, significant optical …

Arrays of III–V direct-bandgap semiconductor nanopillars represent promising photovoltaic
candidates due to their inherent high optical absorption coefficients and minimized reflection …

Grippers are widely used for the gripping, manipulation, and assembly of objects with a wide
range of scales, shapes, and quantities in research, industry, and our daily lives. A simple …

Si microwire-array solar cells with Air Mass 1.5 Global conversion efficiencies of up to 7.9%
have been fabricated using an active volume of Si equivalent to a 4 μm thick Si wafer. These …

Tandem junction (n–p+-Si/ITO/WO3/liquid) core–shell microwire devices for solar-driven
water splitting have been designed, fabricated and investigated photoelectrochemically. The …

Present day nanowire solar cells have reached an efficiency of 17.8%. Nanophotonic
engineering by nanowire tapering allows for high solar light absorption. In combination with …