Bioinspired phase-separated disordered nanostructures for thin photovoltaic absorbers

Radwanul H. Siddique; Yidenekachew J. Donie; Guillaume Gomard; Sisir Yalamanchili; Tsvetelina Merdzhanova; Uli Lemmer; Hendrik Hölscher

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Bioinspired phase-separated disordered nanostructures for thin photovoltaic absorbers

Radwanul H. Siddique¹,*,†,
Yidenekachew J. Donie²,³,*,
Guillaume Gomard²,³,
Sisir Yalamanchili⁴,
Tsvetelina Merdzhanova⁵,
Uli Lemmer²,³ and
Hendrik Hölscher²,†

¹Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1200 East California Boulevard, Mail Code 136-93, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
²Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
³Light Technology Institute, KIT, Engesserstrasse 13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.
⁴Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
⁵Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung 5 (IEK 5)–Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: rhs{at}caltech.edu (R.H.S.); hendrik.hoelscher{at}kit.edu (H.H.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Advances 19 Oct 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 10, e1700232
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700232

Radwanul H. Siddique

Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1200 East California Boulevard, Mail Code 136-93, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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Yidenekachew J. Donie

Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.

Light Technology Institute, KIT, Engesserstrasse 13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Guillaume Gomard

Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.

Light Technology Institute, KIT, Engesserstrasse 13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Sisir Yalamanchili

Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

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Tsvetelina Merdzhanova

Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung 5 (IEK 5)–Photovoltaik, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425 Jülich, Germany.

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Uli Lemmer

Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.

Light Technology Institute, KIT, Engesserstrasse 13, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.

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Hendrik Hölscher

Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.

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