• 文献标题:   Designing few-layer graphene Schottky contact solar cells: Theoretical efficiency limits and parametric optimization
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG X, WANG JC, ANG LK, ANG YS, GUO JC
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
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  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1063/5.0039431
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

We theoretically study the efficiency limits and performance characteristics of few-layer graphene-semiconductor solar cells (FGSCs) based on a Schottky contact device structure. We model and compare the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of various configurations by explicitly considering the non-Richardson thermionic emission across few-layer graphene/semiconductor Schottky heterostructures. The calculations reveal that ABA-stacked trilayer graphene-silicon solar cell exhibits a maximal conversion efficiency exceeding 26% due to a lower reversed saturation current when compared to that of the ABC-stacking configuration. The thermal coefficients of PCE for ABA and ABC stacking FGSCs are -0.061%/K and -0.048%/K, respectively. Our work offers insights into optimal designs of graphene-based solar cells, thus paving a route toward the design of high-performance FGSC for future nanoscale energy converters.