Design and fabrication of silicon nanowires towards efficient solar cells

P Yu, J Wu, S Liu, J Xiong, C Jagadish, ZM Wang - Nano Today, 2016 - Elsevier
The recent rise of semiconductor nanowires opens new opportunities for realizing high
efficiency photovoltaic devices at low cost due to the unique one-dimensional structure with …

Approaches to self-assembly of colloidal monolayers: A guide for nanotechnologists

V Lotito, T Zambelli - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2017 - Elsevier
Self-assembly of quasi-spherical colloidal particles in two-dimensional (2D) arrangements is
essential for a wide range of applications from optoelectronics to surface engineering, from …

Advances in nanostructured thin film materials for solar cell applications

N Ali, A Hussain, R Ahmed, MK Wang, C Zhao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent advances in photovoltaic devices based on nanostructured
materials and film designs, focusing on cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper zinc tin sulfide …

Flexible crystalline silicon radial junction photovoltaics with vertically aligned tapered microwires

I Hwang, HD Um, BS Kim, M Wober… - Energy & Environmental …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Much attention has been paid to thin crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic devices due to
their excellent flexibility characteristics, stable efficiency, and possibility of use as highly …

Self-assembly of single-sized and binary colloidal particles at air/water interface by surface confinement and water discharge

V Lotito, T Zambelli - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
We present an innovative apparatus allowing self-assembly at air/water interface in a
smooth and reproducible way. The combination of water discharge and surface confinement …

Activating Old Materials with New Architecture: Boosting Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells with H2O‐Assisted Hierarchical Electron Transporting Layers

F Wang, M Yang, Y Zhang, L Yang, L Fan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The breakthrough of organometal halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) based on
mesostructured composites is regarded as a viable member of next generation …

Facile and stable fabrication of wafer-scale, ultra-black c-silicon with 3D nano/micro hybrid structures for solar cells

X Zhang, Y Liu, C Yao, J Niu, H Li, C Xie - Nanoscale Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Three-dimensional (3D) silicon (Si) nanostructures have attracted much attention in solar
cells due to their excellent broadband and omnidirectional light-harvesting properties …

Monolayer colloidal crystals by modified air-water interface self-assembly approach

X Ye, J Huang, Y Zeng, LX Sun, F Geng, HJ Liu… - Nanomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Hexagonally ordered arrays of polystyrene (PS) microspheres were prepared by a modified
air-water self-assembly method. A detailed analysis of the air-water interface self-assembly …

Fabrication and studies on Si/InP core-shell nanowire based solar cell using etched Si nanowire arrays

B Pal, KJ Sarkar, P Banerji - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We report Si/InP core-shell nanowire radial heterojunction array based solar cell.
Silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays were fabricated by room temperature metal assisted …

SnCl4-Treated Ti3C2Tx MXene Nanosheets for Schottky Junction Solar Cells with Improved Performance

X Yao, Y Li, Y Wang, Z Gao, Q Liu, Y Fu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ti3C2T x MXene has recently attracted increasing attention in optoelectronics because of its
good optical and electrical properties. Herein, we report a facile scheme of adjusting its …