Review paper analyzes opportunities and obstacles for III-V nanowires in solar energy harvesting.
Nanowires on graphene uncover new epitaxy paradigm
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Discovery comes as researchers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a sheet of graphene.
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Single-photon emitter will improve quantum cryptography
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Researchers have demonstrated a simpler, more efficient single-photon emitter that can be made using traditional semiconductor processing techniques.
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Nanowires greatly increase solar cell efficiency
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Nanowire solar cells created at EPFL could absorb 12 times as much light as the current standard.
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Real advance in quantum dot photovoltaics from MIT
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Researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.
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Super-strong metallic composites from nanowires
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Work effectively overcomes “valley of death” problem in nanocomposite design.
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Producing extra-fine carbon nanotubes easily and quickly
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Carbon nanowires have been obtained by tempering diamantane dicarboxylic acid inside carbon nanotubes.
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Using nanowires and quantum dots to develop quantum computing
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Recent research offers a new spin on using nanoscale semiconductor structures to build faster computers and electronics.
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Nanowires and quantum dots combine for more efficient photovoltaics
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A group from MIT have demonstrated a method to produce extremely efficient zinc oxide/quantum dot based photovoltaics.
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Researchers demonstrate self-assembling quantum dots
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Unexpected breakthrough could bolster quantum photonics and solar cell efficiency.
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