Integration of silicon nanowires in solar cell structure for efficiencyenhancement: A review

作     者：Mihir Kumar Sahoo Paresh Kale 

作者机构：Department of Electrical EngineeringNIT RourkelaOdisha769008India 

出 版 物：《Journal of Materiomics》 (无机材料学学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第5卷第1期

页      面：34-48页

核心收录：

学科分类：08[工学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 080502[工学-材料学] 

基　　金：Authors would like to thank Ms.Nisha Singh former master's student at NIT Rourkela for her assistance in the review 

主　　题：Optical Electronic and physical properties Axial solar cell Radial solar cell Anti-reflection coating Silicon nanowires solar cell 

摘      要：Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) are a one-dimensional semiconductor, which shows promising applications indistinct areas such as photocatalysis, lithium-ion batteries, gas sensors, medical diagnostics, drug delivery,and solar cell. From an implementation point of view, SiNWs are fabricated using either a topdownor bottom-up approach, and SiNWs are both optically and electronically active. SiNWs enhancesthe efficiency of the solar cell due to better electronic, optical, and physical properties that can becontrolled by tuning the physical dimensions of SiNWs. The SiNWs shows an inherent capability to beutilized in radial or coaxial p-n junction solar cells, to stipulate orthogonal photon absorption, antireflection,and enhanced carrier collection. This paper reviews property-control of SiNWs, theirvarious types of incorporation in a solar cell, and the reasons behind enhanced efficiency.