Ultradense, Deep Subwavelength Nanowire Array Photovoltaics As Engineered Optical Thin Films

Douglas Tham; James R. Heath

doi:10.1021/nl102199b

Ultradense, Deep Subwavelength Nanowire Array Photovoltaics As Engineered Optical Thin Films

Douglas Tham, James R. Heath

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A photovoltaic device comprised of an array of 20 nm wide, 32 nm pitch array of silicon nanowires is modeled as an optical material. The nanowire array (NWA) has characteristic device features that are deep in the subwavelength regime for light, which permits a number of simplifying approximations. Using photocurrent measurements as a probe of the absorptance, we show that the NWA optical properties can be accurately modeled with rigorous coupled-wave analysis. The densely structured NWAs behave as homogeneous birefringent materials into the ultraviolet with effective optical properties that are accurately modeled using the dielectric functions of bulk Si and SiO 2, coupled with a physical model for the NWA derived from ellipsometry and transmission electron microscopy. © 2010 American Chemical Society.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4429-4434
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl102199b
State	Published - Nov 10 2010
Externally published	Yes

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