A novel design is presented for a nanowire/polymer hybrid photodiode. n-InP nanowires are grown directly onto an indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode to increase carrier collection efficiency and to eliminate the need for an expensive substrate. Experiments show that an ohmic contact is achieved between the nanowires and the ITO electrode. The nanowires are then enveloped by a high hole mobility co...

In this work we have demonstrated nanoscale GaN device structures made from individual GaN nanowires and electrical contacts utilizing focused ion beam FIB induced Pt deposition. These GaN nanowires were grown by direct reaction of Ga vapor with NH3 and had diameters ranging from 100 nm to 250 nm and lengths up to 200 m. As-grown nanowires were dispersed on SiO2 coated p++ Si substrate. A 30 ke...

In this research work, numerical simulations are performed to correlate the photovoltaic parameters with various internal and external factors influencing the performance of solar cells. Single-diode modeling approach is utilized for this purpose and theoretical investigations are compared with the reported experimental evidences for organic and inorganic solar cells at various electrical and t...

The present work reports a detailed electro-analytical framework for studying commercially available mono-crystalline silicon solar cells under varying illumination conditions to explore their application in the up-and-coming field of low concentration photovoltaics (LCPVs). The effect of low concentration illumination (>1-12 suns) on performance indicating parameters, i.e., short circuit curre...

We consider the adiabatic equation of state for partially ionized non{ideal plasma. Plasma isentropes are calculated with the Pad e technique in the chemical picture. The interplay of ionization/dissociation equilibrium and non{ideality is investigated.

Photovoltaic performance is shown to depend on ligand capping on PbS nanoparticle solar cells by varying the temperature between 140K and 350K. The thermal response of open‐circuit voltage, short‐circuit current density, fill‐factor and shunt resistance varies between the ligands. A large increase in short‐circuit current density at low temperatures is observed for 1,2‐ethanedi...

The unavailability of highly transparent materials in the mid-infrared has been the main limitation in the development of ultra-sensitive molecular sensors or cavity-based spectroscopy applications. Whispering gallery mode microresonators have attained ultra-high-quality (Q) factor resonances in the near-infrared and visible. Here we report ultra-high Q factors in the mid-infrared using polishe...

<span>In the present work, we propose an improved method based on a combination of analytical and iterative approach to extract photovoltaic (PV) module parameters using measured current-voltage characteristics simple diode model. First, calculate series resistance set formulas for base values three curves. Then, other are analytically expressed as functions serial ideality factor linear ...