• 文献标题:   Comparison of Nanocarbon-Silicon Solar Cells with Nanotube-Si or Graphene-Si Contact
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XU WJ, DENG B, SHI EZ, WU ST, ZOU MC, YANG LS, WEI JQ, PENG HL, CAO AY
  • 作者关键词:   nanocarbonsi solar cell, carbon nanotube, graphene, contact, junction
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.5b03699
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Nanocarbon structures such as carbon nano-tubes (CNTs) and graphene (G) have been combined with crystalline silicon wafers to fabricate nanocarbon-Si solar cells. Here, we show that the contact between the nanocarbon and Si plays an important role in the solar cell performance. An asymmetrically configured CNT-G composite film was used to create either CNT-Si dominating or G-Si dominating junctions, resulting in obviously different solar cell behavior in pristine state. Typically, solar cells with direct G-Si contacts (versus CNT-Si) exhibit better characteristics due to improved junction quality and larger contact area. On the basis of the composite film, the obtained CNT-G-Si solar cells reach power conversion efficiencies of 14.88% under air mass 1.5, 88 mW/cm(2) illumination through established techniques such as acid doping and colloidal antireflection. Engineering the nanocarbon Si contact is therefore a possible route for further improving the performance of this type of solar cells.