Vertical Silicon Nanowire Platform for Low Power Electronics and Clean Energy Applications

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</svg>. Inset is the efficiency of the SiNP textured and untextured solar cell; (b) photo-generated carrier profile <svg height="10.75" id="M85" style="vertical-align:-0.15048pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 11.9125 10.75" width="11.9125" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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</svg> <i>μ</i>m. (Reprinted with permission from [<a href="/journals/jnt/2012/492121/#B59">59</a>]. [2010] IEEE.)</table>

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Figure 19: Vertical Silicon Nanowire Platform for Low Power Electronics and Clean Energy Applications 