People
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Dr. Brendan M. Kayes
Alumni

    Research: Thin Film PV
    Postal Code: 248 Watson
    Web Page: daedalus.caltech.edu/~brendan/




ph. 626 395-2380


Publications and Presentations:


Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy of Vapor-Liquid-Solid Grown, Au-Catalyzed, Si Wires
Morgan C. Putnam, Michael A. Filler, Brendan M. Kayes, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Yunbin Guan, Nathan S. Lweis, John M. Eller, and Harry A. Atwater
Nano Letters (2008)

Single-Nanowire Si Solar Cells
Michael D. Kelzenberg, Michael A. Filler, Brendan M. Kayes, Morgan C. Putnam, Daniel B. Turner-Evans, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE PVSC (2008)

Photovoltaic Measurements in Single-Nanowire Silicon Solar Cells
Michael D. Kelzenberg, Daniel B. Turner-Evans, Brendan M. Kayes, Michael A. Filler, Morgan C. Putnam, Nathan S. Lewis, and Harry A. Atwater
Nano Letters (2008)

High Aspect Ratio Silicon Wire Array Photoelectrochemical Cells
James R. Maiolo III, Brendan M. Kayes, Michael A. Filler, Morgan C. Putnam, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Harry A. Atwater, and Nathan S. Lewis
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007)

Growth of vertically aligned Si wire arrays over large areas (>1 cm2) with Au and Cu catalysts
Brendan M. Kayes, Michael A. Filler, Morgan C. Putnam, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Nate S. Lewis, and Harry A. Atwater
Applied Physics Letters (2007)

Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanorod Arrays for Solar Cell Applications
Brendan M. Kayes, Joshua M. Spurgeon, Thomas C. Sadler, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Proceedings (2006)

p-n Junction Heterostructure Device Physics Model of a Four Junction Solar Cell
Melissa J. Griggs, Brendan M. Kayes, and Harry A. Atwater
Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6339 (2006)

Comparison of the device physics principles of planar and radial p-n junction nanorod solar cells
Brendan M. Kayes, Nathan S. Lewis, and Harry A. Atwater
Journal of Applied Physics (2005)

Radial pn junction nanorod solar cells: device physics principles and routes to fabrication in silicon
Brendan M. Kayes, Christine E. Richardson, Nathan S. Lewis, Harry A. Atwater
IEEE Proceedings (2005)

A Phase Diagram of Low Temperature Epitaxial Silicon Grown by Hot-wire Chemical Vapor Deposition for Photovoltaic Devices
Christine E. Richardson, Brendan M. Kayes, Matthew J. Dicken, Harry A. Atwater
Proceedings of MRS Spring Meeting (2005)