title: Silicon filaments in silicon oxide for next-generation photovoltaics.
abstract: Nanometer wide silicon filaments embedded in an amorphous silicon oxide matrix are grown at low temperatures over a large area. The optical and electrical properties of these mixed-phase nanomaterials can be tuned independently, allowing for advanced light management in high efficiency thin-film silicon solar cells and for band-gap tuning via quantum confinement in third-generation photovoltaics.
authors.affiliation: Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cuony
authors.forename: Duncan T L
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perez-Wurfl
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Despeisse
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bugnon
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boccard
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Söderström
authors.forename: Aïcha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hessler-Wyser
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hébert
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ballif
mesh_terms: D008027:Light; D049449:Luminescence; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D017655:Silicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012993:Solar Energy
chemical_list: D010087:Oxides; D017655:Silicon Compounds; C116473:silicon monoxide; D012825:Silicon