Hybrid Heterojunction and Photoelectrochemistry Solar Cell Based on Silicon Nanowires and Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
- 23 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Nano Letters
- Vol. 9 (12), 4338-4342
- https://doi.org/10.1021/nl902581k
Abstract
A hybrid solar cell model composed of a heterojunction cell and a photoelectrochemical (PEC) cell has been proposed and characterized. In the hybrid cell, a thin film of double-walled carbon nanotubes forms a heterojunction with the silicon nanowire (SiNW) array and also functions as the transparent counter electrode of the PEC cell. The cell performance can be readily tuned by controlling the SiNW density. Under AM 1.5G illumination, a power conversion efficiency of 1.29%, higher than those reported for SiNW array-based PEC cells, has been obtained.Keywords
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