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This chapter treats nanowire FETs as applied to the green energy. The discussion is carried out from two perspectives, namely the renewable energy and the efficiency of energy consumption. In this context, the nanowire tunneling field effect transistor (NTFET) is considered as the low power device and its ON and OFF states are elaborated, based upon the voltage controlled energy band. Moreover, the operation of NTFETs is analyzed in terms of the size and shape of the nanowire, doping, multi-junction structure, and the materials used. In addition, nanowire solar cell is elaborated based upon the photo-generation, separation, and collection of e-h pairs. In particular, the enhanced absorption of solar radiation is highlighted via decreased reflectance, light trapping, and the resonance effect. Additional, the collection efficiency of photo-generated e-h pairs in nanowires is discussed based upon the cell structure, decoupling of the absorption and collection processes, and the types of junctions. Finally the process flows for producing vertical nanowires are presented, together with the fabrication of the nanowire photo-cells therein.

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Abbreviations

CMOS:

Complementary MOS

FET:

Field-effect transistor

SS:

Subthreshold swing

IMOS:

Impact-ionization MOS

TFET:

Tunneling field-effect transistor

SOI:

Silicon-on-insulator

SON:

Silicon-on-nothing

LMR:

Leaky-mode resonance

VLS:

Vapor–liquid–solid

AAO:

Anodic aluminum oxide

CIGS:

Copper indium gallium selenide

VSS:

Vapor–solid–solid

PECVD:

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition

ITO:

Indium tin oxide

EQE:

External quantum efficiency

MOCVD:

Metal–organic chemical vapor deposition

MBE:

Molecular beam epitaxy

CBE:

Chemical beam epitaxy

CVD:

Chemical vapor deposition

PCBM:

Phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester

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Park, BG. (2014). Green Energy Devices. In: Kim, D., Jeong, YH. (eds) Nanowire Field Effect Transistors: Principles and Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8124-9_7

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