Device area scale-up and improvement of SWNT/Si solar cells using silver nanowires

Xiaokai Li; Yeonwoong Jung; Jing Shun Huang; Tenghooi Goh; André D. Taylor

doi:10.1002/aenm.201400186

Device area scale-up and improvement of SWNT/Si solar cells using silver nanowires

Xiaokai Li, Yeonwoong Jung, Jing Shun Huang, Tenghooi Goh, André D. Taylor

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Abstract

Power loss due to parasitic resistance limits the scale-up of nanocarbon/Si solar cells and, here, a viable approach that mitigates this problem is reported. The direct solution casting of silver nanowires (AgNWs) onto the single-walled nanotube (SWNT)/silicon junctions leads to a significant improvement in photovoltaic properties owing to enhanced carrier transport in the bilayer AgNW/SWNT composites, implying a great potential for wafer-scale nanocarbon/Si solar cells with relatively high efficiency.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1400186
Journal	Advanced Energy Materials
Volume	4
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400186
State	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

carbon nanotubes
photovoltaic devices
silver nanowires
solar cells

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Materials Science

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