Silicon nanowire-based solar cells

Nanotechnology celebrates 25 years in an interview with the author of one of the most cited and downloaded papers: ‘Silicon nanowire-based solar cells’. Published in 2008, it demonstrated the fabrication of silicon nanowire-based solar cells on silicon wafers and on multicrystalline silicon thin films on glass.

Silke Christiansen, from the Helmholtz-Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, talks about the motivation behind the paper and the impact that it has had on further research. The paper is available on line at http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-4484/19/29/295203/