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Silicon nanowire-based solar cells
Nanotechnology · 2008 · Vol. 19(29) · pp. 295203–295203
Th. Stelzner✉(Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology)M. Pietsch(Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology)G. Andrä(Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology)F. Falk(Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology)E. Ose(Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology)Silke Christiansen(Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics)
Abstract
The fabrication of silicon nanowire-based solar cells on silicon wafers and on multicrystalline silicon thin films on glass is described. The nanowires show a strong broadband optical absorption, which makes them an interesting candidate to serve as an absorber in solar cells. The operation of a solar cell is demonstrated with n-doped nanowires grown on a p-doped silicon wafer. From a partially illuminated area of 0.6 cm(2) open-circuit voltages in the range of 230-280 mV and a short-circuit current density of 2 mA cm(-2) were obtained.
Nanowire Synthesis and ApplicationsThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and PhotoluminescenceMaterials scienceWaferSiliconOptoelectronicsNanowireSolar cellQuantum dot solar cellDopingMonocrystalline siliconSilicon nanowires
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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